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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

uyuklamak.

to doze off, to nod off

9 characters3 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/u.juk.ɫaˈmak/
  1. to doze off, to nod off

    Dedem hep televizyon izlerken uyuklar.
Where this word comes from

From *uyïkla- (“to doze off”), from Proto-Turkic *ūdï-ku (“sleep”), whence uyku (“sleep”). Cognate with Bashkir йоҡлау (yoqlaw), Kazakh ұйықтау (uyıqtaw), Kumyk юхламакъ (yuxlamaq), Crimean Tatar yuqlamaq, Kyrgyz укта- (ukta-), Southern Altai уйуктаар (uyuktaar), Chulym уқла- (uqla, “to sleep”), Uzbek uxlamoq, Uyghur ئۇخلىماق (uxlimaq), Turkmen uklamak (“to sleep”). See more at uyumak, uyku.

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