Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish صاپلانمق (ṣaplanmaḳ, to become possessed of a handle, to stick in or into, to sink and stick into mud),[1][2] derived from Proto-Turkic *sapla- (to attach a handle), from Proto-Turkic *sap (hilt of a knife or sword),[3][4] morphologically sap +‎ -la +‎ -n +‎ -mak.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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saplanmak (third-person singular simple present saplanır)

  1. (intransitive, with dative) To sink, to pierce quickly.
  2. (intransitive, with dative) To become unable to move due to sinking into mud, sand, snow etc.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صاپلانمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1151
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صاپلانمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 743
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sạp”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sapla-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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  • saplanmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN