Azerbaijani edit

Other scripts
Cyrillic ачмаг
Abjad آچماق

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *ač- (to open) [1] Cognate with Turkish açmak.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɑt͡ʃˈmɑχ], [ɑt͡sˈmɑχ]
  • (Tabriz) IPA(key): [ɑt͡smɑχ], [ɑʃmɑχ]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: aç‧maq

Verb edit

açmaq (intransitive)

  1. to open
    Tez ol, qapını !Hurry up, open the door!
  2. disclose, reveal, open oneself, confide
    Dostum mənə sirrini açdı.My friend revealed his/her secret to me.
    kiməsə ürəyini açmaq to open one's heart to somebody
  3. to spread (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc))
    Synonym: aralamaq
  4. (slang, vulgar) to deflower

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ač-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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