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sıkmak

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صیقمق, from Proto-Turkic [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sɯkˈmak]
  • Hyphenation: sık‧mak

Verb

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sıkmak (third-person singular simple present sıkar)

  1. to squeeze
    Yalnız kalan kadın titriyor, hıçkırarak kucağındaki yavrusunu sıkıyor.
    The lonely woman is shaking, sobbing and squeezing her baby in her arms.
  2. to shoot with a gun
  3. to irritate, to annoy, to bother
  4. to bore
  5. (slang) to lie, to make up

Usage notes

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This word should not be confused with similar, vulgar word sikmek.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • sıkmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu