Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish باشدان صاومق (başdan ṣavmaḳ, to tell one politely to go about his business, to get rid of),[1] from باش (baş, head, leader, main) and صاومق (ṣavmaḳ, to send or drive away, to turn away). The first word is equivalent to baş +‎ -dan.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /baʃˈtan savˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: baş‧tan‧sav‧mak

Verb edit

baştan savmak (third-person singular simple present baştan savar)

  1. (transitive) To turn away someone who asked for a favor with a made-up excuse; to get rid of, to send away.
    Synonyms: sepetlemek, yakayı kurtarmak, yakasını sıyırmak, satmak
    Başımdan savmak için hemen erkekler tuvaletine daldım ve izimi kaybetti.I dashed into the men's room to get rid of him and he lost my track.
    Beni başınızdan savmak için böyle bir karşılık veriyorsunuz.You're giving me this answer to get rid of me.

Usage notes edit

The noun baş usually takes a possessive suffix depending on the person performing the action; the lemma form is rare.

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References edit

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باشدان صاومق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 324

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