aramaq

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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Cognate with Turkish and Turkmen aramak. Presumably related to Azerbaijani arxa (ultimately going back to Proto-Turkic *ărka (back)) and not immediately related to ara (middle, space, gap, interval), with the sense 'search' having developed from 'going after/behind someone's back'. [1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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aramaq (transitive)

  1. to search, to look (for)
    Synonym: axtarmaq
    • 2017 October 13, “Yalandır Dünya [The world is a lie]”, Ikram Aliyev (lyrics), Ravan Habiloghlu (music)‎[1]performed by Nisə Qasımova and Qara Dərviş:
      Məni duya bilən bir eşq aradım,
      Fəryadım göylərə calandı, dünya!
      I sought a love that would hear me,
      My outcry spilled into the skies, world!

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aramak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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