آچمق

See also: أحمق and احمق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ač- (“to open”).

Verb

آچمق • (açmak)

1. to open
2. to unlock
3. to uncover

Derived terms

• آدیم آچمق (adım açmak, “to skelp”)
• آغز آچمامق (ağız açmamak, “to be silent”)
• آغز آچمق (ağız açmak, “to speak, to speak ill of”)
• ال آچمق (el açmak, “to beg, to beg for”)
• باش آچمق (baş açmak, “to curse”)
• بایراق آچمق (bayrak açmak, “to rebel”)
• سوز آچمق (söz açmak, “to begin a conversation or discussion”)
• فال آچمق (fal açmak, “to tell fortunes (such as bibliomancy)”)
• قلم آچمق (kalem açmak, “to sharpen a pencil”)
• كوز آچمق (göz açmak, “to pay attention, to be on the watch”)
• كوزینی آچمق (gözünü açmak, “ to undeceive or inform someone”)
• كوكل آچلمق (gönül açılmak, “(one's heart) to become serene”)
• كوكل آچمق (gönül açmak, “ to give pleasure”)
• چیغیر آچمق (çığır açmak, “to pioneer, to blaze a trail”)
• یول آچمق (yol açmak, “to set an example, to make way for”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: açmak

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آچمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 33