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başından savmak

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باشدان صاومق (başdan ṣavmaḳ, to tell one politely to go about his business, to get rid of).[1] Morphologically baş (head) +‎ +‎ -ndan +‎ sav- (to fend off, to get rid of) +‎ -mak. Literally, to fend off from one’s head.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ba.ʃɯnˈdan sav.mak/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧şın‧dan‧sav‧mak

Verb

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başından savmak (third-person singular simple present başından savar)

  1. (transitive) To turn away or avoid someone seeking to talk
    Synonyms: sepetlemek, yakayı kurtarmak, yakayı sıyırmak
    Başımdan savmak için tuvalete daldım.
    I dashed into the bathroom to get rid of him.

Usage notes

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  • baş must take a possessive depending on the verb's agent.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باشدان صاومق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 324

Further reading

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