qayırmaq

From Common Turkic *kadïr- (“to bend, turn, twist”).

Unrelated to Turkish kayırmak (“to favor, to protect”), which is cognate with Turkish kaygı, Azerbaijani qayğı etc. instead (from Proto-Turkic *kadgu).

• IPA^(key):
• IPA^(key): (colloquially or dialectically, as if spelled ğayırmaq, ğarmaq etc)
• (Tabriz) IPA^(key): , (as if spelled qeyirmaq)
• Hyphenation: qa‧yır‧maq

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qayırmaq (transitive)

1. to make, to produce, to manufacture

   Synonyms: istehsal etmək, düzəltmək

   milçəkdən fil qayırmaq

   to make a mountain out of a molehill

   (literally, “to make an elephant of a fly”)

   Usta güzgü qayırır ― The artisan is making a mirror

   • 1899, Nariman Narimanov, Türk-Azərbaycan diliniŋ müxtəsər sərf-nəhvi 21:

     آری بال قایریر.

     Arı bal qayırır.

     Bees make honey.

2. (colloquial, dialectal) to do

   A kişi, nə qayırırsan? (said in indignation)

   What are you doing, man?

   IPA^(key):

   Gör indi qaqan nə qayıracaq^{[usage 1]}

   Now watch what I'm gonna do; ~ hold my beer

   (literally, “Now watch what your bro is gonna do.”)

   IPA^(key): , as if spelled nağarajaq

   Bunlara bax, az, gör nə qayırırlar? (said as criticism or condemnation)

   Look at them, girl, look what they are doing.

   IPA^(key): , as if spelled nağarırlar

   Nə qayırım?

   So what? What do I care? What do you want me to do about it?

   IPA^(key): ,

3. (slang, vulgar) to fuck

   Synonym: (see there for more) sikmək

• “qayırmaq” in Obastan.com.

From Common Turkic *kadïr- (to bend, turn, twist).

• Hyphenation: qa‧yır‧maq

qayırmaq

1. to bend

• “qayırmaq”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)