Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish آیرمق (ayırmak, to part; separate, choose, pick, select, distinguish), from Proto-Turkic *adïr- (to separate).[1]

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (aδır-, to separate), Old Turkic [script needed] (adır-, to separate), Azerbaijani ayırmaq (to separate), Bashkir айырыу (ayırıw, to separate), Chuvash уйӑр (ujăr, to separate), Khakas азырарға (azırarğa, to separate), Kyrgyz айыруу (ayıruu, to separate), Turkmen aýyrmak (to separate), Uzbek ayirmoq (to separate), Yakut атыр (atır, to separate).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɑyɯɾmɑk/
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Verb edit

ayırmak (third-person singular simple present ayırır)

  1. (transitive) to part, separate, sever
  2. (transitive) to choose, pick, select
  3. (transitive) to set apart, divide, sunder
  4. (transitive) to detach
  5. (transitive) to distinguish
  6. (transitive) to sort, classify
  7. (transitive) to save, reserve, spare
  8. (transitive) to isolate
  9. (transitive) to discriminate
  10. (transitive) to except, exclude

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References edit

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