Azerbaijani

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Etymology 1

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From Common Turkic *sȫk- (to curse).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sœjˈmæk], [sœjˈmæj]
  • Hyphenation: söy‧mək

Verb

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söymək

  1. (transitive) to curse, to swear at, to use abusive language
  2. (transitive) to criticize severely
    Antonym: tərifləmək
Derived terms
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Further reading

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söymək” in Obastan.com.

Etymology 2

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From sevmək, ultimately from *seb- (to love). Compare development of /œj/ from /ev/ in dialectal ev (house)öy, neft (oil)nöyüt.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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söymək (transitive)

  1. (Tabriz) form of sevmək

Conjugation

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