Azerbaijani edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *dīre- (to support).[1]

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

dirəmək (transitive)

  1. to rest (against), to set (against), to lean (against)
    Synonyms: dayamaq, söykəmək
    • 2013 April 29, oxu.az[2]:
      Moskvadakı restoranlardan birinin sahibinin oğluna bir neçə kişi hücum edib, tapançanı başına dirəyərək və ölümlə qorxudaraq, avtomobilə əyləşdirib və naməlum istiqamətdə aparıblar.
      Several men attacked the son of the owner of one of the restaurants in Moscow, pressing a pistol to his head and threatening him with death, sat him into a car, and took him in an unknown direction.

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References edit

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

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