Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بایلمق (bayılmak, to faint; swoon away, to be excessively delighted), passive of Proto-Turkic *bańï- (to fade away, disappear, weaken).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɑjɯɫˈmɑk/
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Verb

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bayılmak (third-person singular simple present bayılır)

  1. (intransitive) to faint, pass out
  2. (intransitive, + dative case) to be thrilled (with), be enraptured (by), like greatly
    Çikolataya bayılırım.I like chocolate so much.
  3. (transitive, slang) to pay (money)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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