Azerbaijani

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Cyrillic сөкмәк
Abjad سؤکمک

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *sök- (to split, tear apart).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sœkˈmæk], [sœkˈmæj]
  • (Tabriz) IPA(key): [sœt͡ʃmɑχ], [sœçmɑχ], [sœhmɑχ]
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  • Hyphenation: sök‧mək

Verb

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sökmək (transitive)

  1. to pull down, tear down, demolish
    Synonym: dağıtmaq
    Evimizi söküblər.
    Our house has been pulled down.
    köhnə bina sökməkto tear down an old building
  2. to take apart, dismantle
    cıhazı sökməkto take apart a device
    dizüstü kompüteri sökməkto take apart a laptop
    Dünən telefonumu sökməyə məcbur oldum.
    Yesterday I had had to take apart my phone.
  3. to unstitch, to tear at the seams
  4. to unknit
  5. (figurative) to cleave (the darkness)
    qaranlığı sökməkto cleave the darkness

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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