bastırmak

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باصدرمق (basdırmaḳ, to let or make press, to make or let printed, to overpower, to suppress),[1][2] from Ottoman Turkish باصمق (basmaḳ), morphologically bas- + -tır + -mak

Verb

bastırmak (third-person singular simple present bastırır)

  1. causative of basmak
  2. (transitive) To prevent a harmful situation, to extinguish.
  3. (transitive) To suppress, to subdue, to take under control.
  4. (transitive) To overwhelm, to overpower.
  5. (transitive) To fold the edge of a fabric and sew.
  6. (intransitive) To occur suddenly and with a great force, such as rain.
  7. (intransitive, with dative) To apply pressure, to press.
  8. (transitive, colloquial) To make poultry birds brood.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باصدرمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 537
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “باصدرمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 364

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