Azerbaijani

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Cyrillic јахаламаг
Abjad یاخالاماق

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [jɑχɑɫɑˈmɑχ]
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  • Hyphenation: ya‧xa‧la‧maq

Etymology 1

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From yaxa (collar) +‎ -la. Literally, to grab by the collar.

Verb

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yaxalamaq (transitive)

  1. to catch, arrest, take hold of
    Synonym: tutmaq

Etymology 2

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From the earlier prevalent but now chiefly dialectal yayxalamaq, from yayxa- +‎ -ala, for which comapre Ottoman Turkish یایقامق (yayqamaq) and modern Turkish yıkamak. Ultimately from Common Turkic *yāy- (to shake), and its older form *yāń-.[1]

Related to yayxanmaq.

Verb

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yaxalamaq (transitive)

  1. to rinse
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Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, page 78

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