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dalmak.

to dive

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/daɫˈmak/
  1. to dive

    intransitive
  2. to enter, especially quickly or crudely

    intransitive
    adam odaya daldı
  3. to become unconscious, to pass out, to faint

    intransitive
  4. to daydream

    intransitive
  5. to lose oneself in an activity

    intransitive
  6. to doze off, fall asleep

    intransitive
  7. to grab the opponents leg suddenly

    intransitive
  8. to dive in

    intransitive
  9. to suddenly attack in a fight

    colloquial · intransitive
    Adama daldım.
  10. to start to boil

    Niğde · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طالمق (dalmak), from Old Anatolian Turkish طالمق (dalmaq), from Proto-Turkic *tāl- (“to sink”). Compare Azerbaijani dalmaq, Gagauz dalmaa. The sense 'to suddenly attack in a fight' is likely a semantic loan from dialects.

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