Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish چرپمق (çırpmak), derived from çarpmak (to hit, to strike, to bump), from Proto-Turkic *čap- or Proto-Turkic *čalp- (to hit, to steal, to plunder).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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çırpmak (third-person singular simple present çırpar)

  1. (transitive) To quickly shake a carpet, a rug etc.
  2. (transitive) To hit two things to each other.
  3. (transitive) To scramble, to whisk, to beat, to whip a liquid matter with a utensil.
  4. (transitive, figurative) To steal.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çırp-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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  • çırpmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu