Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آولانمق (avlanmaḳ, to be hunted, to be duped, to be suited to be used in hunting),[1] from Ottoman Turkish آولامق (avlamaḳ, to hunt, to deceive, to dupe), from Ottoman Turkish آو (av, the chase, hunting of any kind, game, prey), from Proto-Turkic *āb (the act of hunting or that which is hunted),[2] morphologically av (prey, game) +‎ -le +‎ -n (passive and reflexive suffix) +‎ -mak. Cognates with Azerbaijani ovlanmaq.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /aβ.ɫanˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: av‧lan‧mak

Verb edit

avlanmak (third-person singular simple present avlanır)

  1. passive of avlamak
    1. (intransitive) To be hunted.
    2. (intransitive) To be deceived.
  2. (intransitive) To go on a hunt, to go hunting, to search for prey.
    Synonym: ava çıkmak
    Aslan avlanırken canından oluyordu.The lion almost died while hunting.
    Çok ilginç avlanma tekniğine sahip 5 hayvan.5 animals with very interesting methods of hunting.
    Gece avlanırken bir ışık kaynağına ihtiyacınız olacak.When you go hunting at night, you'll need a light source.

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References edit

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آولانمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 266
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “av”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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