sıkmak

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • sıkmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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