Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آیرمق (ayırmak, to part; separate, choose, pick, select, distinguish), from Proto-Turkic *adïr- (to separate).[1]

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (aδır-, to separate), Old Turkic [script needed] (adır-, to separate), Azerbaijani ayırmaq (to separate), Bashkir айырыу (ayırıw, to separate), Chuvash уйӑр (ujăr, to separate), Khakas азырарға (azırarğa, to separate), Kyrgyz айыруу (ayıruu, to separate), Turkmen aýyrmak (to separate), Uzbek ayirmoq (to separate), Yakut атыр (atır, to separate).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑyɯɾmɑk/
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Verb

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ayırmak (third-person singular simple present ayırır)

  1. (transitive) to part, separate, sever
  2. (transitive) to choose, pick, select
  3. (transitive) to set apart, divide, sunder
  4. (transitive) to detach
  5. (transitive) to distinguish
  6. (transitive) to sort, classify
  7. (transitive) to save, reserve, spare
  8. (transitive) to isolate
  9. (transitive) to discriminate
  10. (transitive) to except, exclude

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*adɨ-r-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill