Azerbaijani edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *söje- (to prop, lean, support).[1] Cognate wthh Chuvash сӗвен (sĕven, to stick to, cling to), etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sœjkæˈmæk], [sœjkæˈmæj]
  • Hyphenation: söy‧kə‧mək
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Verb edit

söykəmək

  1. (ditransitive) to put (to), to set (against, to), rest (against)
    Synonyms: dayamaq, dirəmək
    taxtanı divara söykəməkto put/rest a plank against the wall
    belini stula söykəməkto lean one's back against the chair

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

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