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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

ezmek.

to crush, squash, knead, press

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to crush, squash, knead, press

    transitive
  2. to grind, triturate

    transitive
  3. to oppress, grind down, beat down, trample on

    transitive
  4. to defeat, crush, beat down

    transitive
  5. to spend lavishly a large sum of money

    slang · transitive
    10k ezdiğimiz gecenin sabahı
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish ازمك (ezmek, “to crush, pound, bruise”), from Proto-Turkic *ẹŕ-. Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (ez-, “to scratch, scrape”), Azerbaijani əzmək (“to crush”), Bashkir иҙеү (iðew, “to knead, press”), Chuvash ирме (irme, “to knead”), Kazakh езу (ezüw, “to knead, dilute”), Kyrgyz эзүү (ezüü, “to squeeze, compress”), Southern Altai эс- (es-, “to clean, peel”), Turkmen ezmek (“to wet, moisten, oppress”), Uyghur ئەزمەك (ezmek, “to press, grind, pound”), Uzbek ezmoq (“to knead”).

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