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azmak.

to go astray, stray, err, to deviate from the path of duty or rectitude

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/azˈmak/
  1. to go astray, stray, err, to deviate from the path of duty or rectitude

    intransitive
  2. to go astray, to lose one's way

    dialectal
  3. (a wound) to worsen

    intransitive
  4. to go mad, to become furious and unmanageable, dangerous, or ferocious

    intransitive
  5. to overflow

    intransitive
  6. to get out of control, to become dangerous

    especially · intransitive
  7. to get horny

    intransitive · slang
  8. to become impossible to clean

    intransitive
  9. to be born of two different races or species

    intransitive
  10. to overgrow

    intransitive
  11. to sour; to get sour, to become sour

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آزمق (azmak, “to leave the way, go astray, act outrageously, go mad”), from Old Anatolian Turkish آزمق (azmaq), from Proto-Turkic *āŕ- (“to go astray, lose one's way”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰕 (az /⁠āz-⁠/, “to go astray, to lose one's way”), Bashkir аҙыу (aðıw, “to lead immoral life, degenerate”), Southern Altai азар (azar, “to go astray”), Azerbaijani azmaq, Turkmen azmak.

noun/azˈmak/
  1. a puddle of water created by the overflowing of a body of water

    dialectal
  2. a stream of water separating from the main body of water

    dialectal
  3. swamp, swampland

    dialectal
  4. the place where a river and the sea merge

    Muğla · dialectal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آزماق (azmak), from Old Anatolian Turkish آزمق (azmaq).

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