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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish چالمق (çalmak), from Proto-Turkic *čal- (to knock (down), hit, agitate).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑɫˈmɑk/, [t͡ʃɑɫ̪ ˈmɑk]
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Verb

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çalmak (third-person singular simple present çalar)

  1. (transitive) to steal
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:çalmak
    Hırsızlar annemin çantasını çaldıthe thieves stole my mother's bag
  2. (transitive) to play (produce music using a musical instrument; use a device to hear a recording)
    Çok iyi piyano çalarımI play the piano very well
  3. (intransitive) to play (produce music; be played from a recording)
    Favori şarkım çalıyormy favourite song is playing
  4. (intransitive) to ring (phone or bell)
    Eve girdiğimde telefon çalıyorduthe phone was ringing when I entered the house
    Duş alıyorken kapı (or "zil") çaldıthe doorbell rang while I was taking a shower
  5. (transitive) to tap the door
    Kapıyı (or "zili") hep üç kez çalar[He/She/It] rings the door(bell) always three times.
  6. (dated, regional, transitive) to hit, to throw
  7. (dated, regional, transitive) to smear, to add

Conjugation

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References

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