ötmək

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ötˈmæk], [ötˈmæj]
  • Hyphenation: öt‧mək

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *öt- (to pass by, pass through). Cognate with Chuvash вит (vit).

Verb

ötmək

  1. (transitive) to overtake (to pass a more slowly moving object or entity)
    Synonym: ötüb-keçmək
    Yolda onun maşını bizimkini ötdü.His car overtook ours on the road.
    Amerikaya çatmaq və onu ötüb-keçmək (a Soviet slogan)to catch up and overtake America
  2. (transitive) to excel, to surpass
  3. (intransitive) to pass, pass by
  4. (intransitive, transitive) to pass, to go by, to elapse, to slip by (of time)
    Synonym: keçmək
    Mənim yaşım əllini ötüb.I have passed fifty (literally, “My age has passed fifty.”)
    • 2019 May 18, Oxu.az:
      Bu gün Azərbaycanın Dağlıq Qarabağ bölgəsində yerləşən Şuşa şəhərinin Ermənistan tərəfindən işğal olunmasından 27 il ötür.
      On this day, 27 years have passed since the occupation of Shusha in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan by Armenia.
      (literally, “are passing by”)
  5. (intransitive) to elapse, to run out, to expire, to fall due
  6. (intransitive) to overboil
    Synonym: bitmək
  7. (intransitive) to go away, stop, to cease
    Synonym: kəsilmək
    Başağrısı ötdü.The headache has gone away
    Yağış ötdü.It has stopped raining
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *öt- (to sing (of birds); to say; to ask, request). Cognate with Turkish ötmek, Chuvash авӑт (avăt, to sing (of birds)).

Verb

ötmək

  1. (intransitive) to sing (of birds)
Conjugation

Further reading

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