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kapılmak

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاپلمق (kapılmak). By surface analysis, kap- (to seize) +‎ -ıl (passive suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.pɯɫˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧pıl‧mak

Verb

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kapılmak (third-person singular simple present kapılır)

  1. passive of kapmak
  2. to drift, to be dragged
    Synonym: sürüklenmek
  3. (figurative) to be charmed, to be carried away [with dative]
    Ben onun sözlerine kapıldım.
    I was carried away by his/her words.
    Kızın güzelliğine kapılarak evlenme teklif etti.
    Being charmed by the girl's beauty, he/she proposed marriage.

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