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taslamak.

to pretend to be, to present oneself as

8 characters3 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/tas.ɫaˈmak/[tʰɑs.ɫɑˈmɑk]
  1. to pretend to be, to present oneself as

    transitive
    Korkaklığını saklayıp kahramanlık taslar
  2. to watch secretly

    Adana · Konya · Niğde · transitive
  3. to look far away

    Kayseri · transitive
  4. to show

    ditransitive
  5. to show out, to boast with something

    transitive
  6. to think over a task

    Kayseri · transitive
  7. to make steel into a hammer

    transitive
  8. to deem fit or appropriate

    transitive
  9. to sulk

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طاسلامق (taslamak), تصلمق (taslamak). According to Nişanyan, ultimately derived from Proto-Oghuz تَسْ (/⁠tas⁠/, “bad of everything”). He also compares Mongolian ᠲᠥᠰᠯᠡ᠊ (tösle-). Cognate with Turkmen taslanmak.

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