sallanmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صاللانمق (ṣallanmaḳ, “intransitive; to swing, to oscillate, to falter”), from Ottoman Turkish صاللامق (ṣallamaḳ, “to swing or rock to and fro, to mind, to pay attention”), from Ottoman Turkish صالمق (ṣalmaḳ, “to let go, to free, to let hang down, to send”), from Proto-Turkic *sal- (“to swing, to let hang down, to let go, to spare, to set free”), morphologically sal- +‎ -le +‎ -n (“passive and reflexive suffix”) +‎ -mek. Cognates with Azerbaijani sallanmaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɫ.ɫanˈmak/
• Hyphenation: sal‧lan‧mak

Verb

sallanmak (third-person singular simple present sallanır)

1. (intransitive) For something to move regularly back and forth while suspended or on an axis; to swing, to oscillate, to sway.
2. (intransitive) To become loose at its place and stir; to wobble, to jiggle.

   Synonyms: kımıldamak, oynamak, ırgalanmak

3. (transitive) To swing oneself on a swing or a hammock etc.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To waste one's time on pointless things; to loiter, to idle around, to dillydally.

   Synonyms: oyalanmak, savsaklanmak, vakit öldürmek, aylaklık etmek, sürtmek

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References

Further reading

• “sallanmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “sallanmak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı