Azerbaijani edit

Etymology edit

From pay +‎ -la.

The sense 3 is probably an extension of vermək (to put out), which literally translates as "to give".

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

paylamaq

  1. (transitive) to distribute, to hand out, to give out
    hədiyyə paylamaqto give out presents
  2. (transitive) to deliver (to many, by carrying around and distributing)
    məktub paylamaqto deliver mail
  3. (intransitive, slang, vulgar) to have sex with many men, to sleep around (said with condemnation)
    • 2017, 32:28 from the start, in İkinci Pərdə[1]:
      Səninkilərdir də, ərə gedir, boşanır ki sonra gedib rahat paylasınlar.
      That's what people like you are like: you get married and then divorced, so that you can go and sleep around in peace.

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