avlamak

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish آولامق (avlamak, to hunt, to deceive, to dupe),[1] from آو (av, the chase, hunting of any kind, game, prey), from Proto-Turkic *āb (the act of hunting or that which is hunted),[2] equivalent to av (hunt, prey) +‎ -la- (verb forming suffix) +‎ -mak. Cognates with Azerbaijani ovlamaq.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aβ.ɫaˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: av‧la‧mak

Verb[edit]

avlamak (third-person singular simple present avlar)

  1. (transitive) To hunt, to prey on, to capture a prey dead or alive.
    Avcılar, yasak olmasına rağmen nesli tehlikede olan hayvanı avladılar.Hunters hunted the endangered animal even though it was illegal.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To deceive, to dupe, to bamboozle.

Conjugation[edit]

Related terms[edit]

  • avcı (hunter)
  • av (hunt, prey)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آولامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 265
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “av”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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