Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صیقمق, from Proto-Turkic [Term?].

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sɯkˈmak]
  • Hyphenation: sık‧mak

Verb edit

sıkmak (third-person singular simple present sıkar)

  1. to squeeze
    Yalnız kalan kadın titriyor, hıçkırarak kucağındaki yavrusunu sıkıyor.
    The lonely woman is shaking, sobbing and squeezing her baby in her arms.
  2. to shoot with a gun
  3. to irritate, to annoy, to bother
  4. to bore
  5. (slang) to lie, to make up

Usage notes edit

This word should not be confused with similar, vulgar word sikmek.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • sıkmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu