kısmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قیصمق (kısmak), from Proto-Turkic *kïs- (short, narrow; to squeeze). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kıs-),[1] etc.

Verb

kısmak (third-person singular simple present kısar)

  1. to reduce
    Bakanlık harcamaları kıstı.
    The ministry has reduced the expenses.
  2. to throttle, to choke
  3. to turn down (volume)
    Müziğin sesini kıs!
    Turn down the volume of the music!

Conjugation

References

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