Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish چرپمق (çırpmak), derived from çarpmak (to hit, to strike, to bump), from Proto-Turkic *čap- or Proto-Turkic *čalp- (to hit, to steal, to plunder).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

çırpmak (third-person singular simple present çırpar)

  1. (transitive) To quickly shake a carpet, a rug etc.
  2. (transitive) To hit two things to each other.
  3. (transitive) To scramble, to whisk, to beat, to whip a liquid matter with a utensil.
  4. (transitive, figurative) To steal.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çırp-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading edit

  • çırpmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu