Azerbaijani edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *čök- (to kneel down; to sink; to sit). Cognate with Turkish çökmek.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃœcˈmæc], [t͡sœcˈmæt͡ʃ], [-æç], [-æh], [-æj]
  • Hyphenation: çök‧mək
  • (file)

Verb edit

çökmək (intransitive)

  1. come down, descend
    • 2017 August 28, Moderator.az[1], archived from the original on 30 July 2019:
      Çimərliyə gözlənilmədən zəhərli duman çökdü.
      A poisonous fog suddenly came down over the beach.
  2. collapse
    Synonym: dağılmaq
    • 2012 February 20, Xəzər Xəbər[2]:
      Bina çöküb, 4 nəfər dağıntılar altında qaldı.
      A building collapsed, four people remain under the wreckage.
  3. (figurative) crumble, fall apart, disintegrate
    • 2021 April 16, Pravda.az[3]:
      [...] iri ranqlı məmur vəzifəsindən uzaqlaşdırılan kimi, əksər hallarda onun biznesi də çökməyə başlayır.
      [...] as soon as a high-ranking official is removed from his position, in most cases his business begins to fall apart, too.
  4. fall (on knees etc.)
    diz çökməkto kneel, to fall on knees
  5. sink (onto the chair etc.)
    oturacağa çökməkto sink onto the chair

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