Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چارپمق.[1] Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (çap-)/[script needed] (çalp-, to hit, strike, raid).[2]

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Verb edit

çarpmak (third-person singular simple present çarpar)

  1. to strike, bump, pound
    Yolda yürürken bana çarptı.He/she/it bumped into me while walking on the road.
    Yüreği korkudan çarpıyordu.His heart was pounding due to fear.
  2. to pilfer, steal
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:çalmak
    Bunu onların evinden çarptım.I stole this from their house.
  3. (arithmetic) to multiply
    İkiyle üçü çarparsan altı eder.If you multiply two by three, it makes six.

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Descendants edit

  • Ladino: chaftear, charpear

References edit

  1. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چارپمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 458
  2. ^ "çarpmak" - nişanyansözlük