sıkmak

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Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صیقمق, from Proto-Turkic .

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sık‧mak

Verb

sıkmak (third-person singular simple present sıkar)

  1. to squeeze
    Yalnız kalan kadın titriyor, hıçkırarak kucağındaki yavrusunu sıkıyor.
    The lonely woman is shaking, sobbing and squeezing her baby in her arms.
  2. to shoot with a gun
  3. to irritate, to annoy, to bother
  4. to bore
  5. (slang) to lie, to make up

Usage notes

This word should not be confused with similar, vulgar word sikmek.

Conjugation

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Further reading

  • sıkmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu