бузмакъ

Kumyk

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *buŕ-, *boŕ- (“to damage, destroy”).

Verb

бузмакъ • (buzmaq) (transitive)

1. to break, to destroy
2. to demolish, to tear down
3. to unsettle (to bring into disorder or disarray)
4. to cancel, to annul
5. to carve up, to cut up, to chop up
6. to break (the law etc.)
7. to cross out, to strike out
8. (figurative) to corrupt, deprave, pervert

Further reading

• Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “бузмакъ”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН7