Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *sīl- (to wipe, rub).[1] Cognates include Turkish silmek, see there for more.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [silˈmæk]
  • Hyphenation: sil‧mək
  • Audio (Baku):(file)

Verb

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silmək

  1. (transitive) to wipe
    masanı/stolu silməkto wipe the table
  2. (transitive) erase
  3. (transitive) to delete

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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