bırakmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish براقمق (bırakmak), from Proto-Turkic *bïrak-. Cognate with Chuvash пӑрах (părah).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɯ.ɾak.ˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: bı‧rak‧mak

Verb

bırakmak (third-person singular simple present bırakır)

  1. to abandon, release, relinquish
  2. to put, put down; to postpone, put off
  3. (transitive) to quit
    sigarayı bırakmakto quit smoking
    içmeyi bırakmakto quit alcohol

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • bırak Allah'ını seversen
  • bırakabilmek
  • bırakadurmak
  • bırakayazmak
  • bırakılmak
  • bırakış
  • bırakıvermek
  • bırakma
  • bırakmamak
  • bıraktırmak

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bırakmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “براقمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 352
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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