uzanmaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic узанмаг
Abjad اوزانماق

Etymology

Compare Azerbaijani uzun (long). Cognate with Turkish uzanmak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [uzɑnˈmɑχ], [uzɑˈmːɑχ]
  • Hyphenation: uz‧an‧maq

Verb

uzanmaq (intransitive)

  1. to lie (of people and animals)
    Məryəm evə çatanda, Yəhya hələ divanda uzanmışdı.When Mary got home, John was still lying on the bed
  2. to lie down
    Məryəm evə çatan kimi, divana uzandı.As soon as Mary got home, she lay down on the sofa.
  3. to extend (over), to span
    Roman üç əsr boyunca uzanır.The novel spans three centuries.
  4. to be delayed, to be dragged out
    • 2019 June 12, 24news.ge:
      Gürcüstanın Müsəlmanlar Birliyinin sədri Tariel Nakaidze isə meriyanın məscidlə bağlı məsələdə mövqeyinin çox zəif olduğunu bildirib: “Şəhər rəhbərliyinin bu problemin həlli üçün siyasi iradəsi yoxdur. Buna görə də proses uzanır”.
      The chairman of the Muslim Union of Georgia, Tariel Nakaidze, said that the mayor's office's position on the mosque was very weak: “The city administration does not have the political will to solve this problem. Therefore, the process is being dragged out."

Conjugation

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