soxmaq

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Azerbaijani

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Cyrillic сохмаг
Abjad سوخماق

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *sok- (to pierce, stick into), which was homonyms to and possibly cognate with Proto-Turkic *sok- (to hit, beat, crush).[1] Compare Karakhanid سُقْماق (suqmāq), Turkish sokmak (to insert), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [soχˈmɑχ]
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  • Hyphenation: sox‧maq

Verb

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soxmaq

  1. (transitive) to stick in, push in, insert forcefully
    Synonyms: salmaq, sancmaq, batırmaq
    Lazım olmayan yerə burnunu soxma!
    Don't stick your nose where it doesn't belong!
  2. (ditransitive) to thrust into, to plunge into
    bıçağı ürəyinə soxdus/he plunged a knife into his/her heart
  3. (intransitive, colloquial, slightly vulgar) to stab [with dative]
    Adama soxarlar!One can get himself stabbed [for doing or saying something]
    Adama tavan üstündə soxarlar.One can get himself stabbed over a debt not paid duly.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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

Further reading

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