sürmək

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sǖr-,[1] cognate with Turkish sürmek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [syrˈmæk], [syrˈmæj]
  • (Tabriz) IPA(key): [syrˈmɑχ]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: sür‧mək

Verb

sürmək (transitive)

  1. to drive (to compel to move on, of animals such as sheep)
  2. (dated) to lead (a caravan or troops)
  3. to drive, to ride (a vehicle)
    maşın sürməkto drive a car
  4. (transitive) to exile
    Synonym: sürgün etmək
    Sibirə sürməkto exile to Siberia
  5. to last, go on
    Synonym: çəkmək
    müharibə beş il sürdüthe war lasted for five years
    uzun sürən xəstəlikdən vəfat etdi[s/he] died after a long illness
  6. (colloquial, agriculture) to plow
    Synonym: şumlamaq
  7. (colloquial, agriculture) to mount, to get on top of (an animal) to mate, to cover
    Synonym: basmaq

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “sǖr-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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