çarpmak

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چارپمق.[1] Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (çap-)/[script needed] (çalp-, to hit, strike, raid).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

çarpmak (third-person singular simple present çarpar)

  1. to strike, bump, pound
    Yolda yürürken bana çarptı.He/she/it bumped into me while walking on the road.
    Yüreği korkudan çarpıyordu.His heart was pounding due to fear.
  2. to pilfer, steal
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:çalmak
    Bunu onların evinden çarptım.I stole this from their house.
  3. (arithmetic) to multiply
    İkiyle üçü çarparsan altı eder.If you multiply two by three, it makes six.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ladino: chaftear, charpear

References

  1. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چارپمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 458
  2. "çarpmak" - nişanyansözlük
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