koparmak
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish قوپارمق (koparmak), from the same root as kopmak.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
koparmak (third-person singular simple present koparır)
- to pluck, break off, forcibly tear off
- to snatch, take or obtain by force, violence, or deception
- gülmekten koparmak ― to make someone laugh hysterically
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kopmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوپارمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1479
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN