Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آغرلمق (ağırlamak, to treat with marks of respect, to become heavy),[1] from Proto-Turkic *iagïrla- (to honor, to serve), from Proto-Turkic *iagïr- (heavy),[2][3] equivalent to ağır +‎ -la +‎ -mak.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /aːɯɾ.ɫaˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ğır‧la‧mak

Verb edit

ağırlamak (third-person singular simple present ağırlar)

  1. (transitive) To provide a guest with comfort and to show them respect; to host, to entertain, to show hospitality towards.
    Synonyms: ikram etmek, misafir etmek, izaz etmek

Conjugation edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آغرلمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 149
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*iagɨr-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ağırla-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading edit

  • ağırlamak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu