asmak
See also: aşmak
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish آصمق (asmak, “to hang up, suspend”), from Proto-Turkic *as- (“to hang”).
Cognates
Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (asmāk, “to hang”), Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐽻𐽹𐽰𐽷 (asmak, “to hang”), Azerbaijani asmaq (“to hang”), Bashkir аҫыу (aśıw, “to hang”), Chuvash усма (usma, “to lower, move down”), Kazakh асу (asu, “to hang”), Kyrgyz асуу (asuu, “to hang”), Southern Altai азар (azar, “to hang”), Tatar асу (asu, “to hang”), Turkmen asmak (“to hang up, suspend”), Tuvan азар (azar, “to hang”), Uyghur ئاسماق (asmaq, “to hang”), Uzbek osmoq (“to hang”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editasmak (third-person singular simple present asar)
- (transitive) to hang, to suspend, to hang up, to append
- (transitive) to drape, to drape over, to sling
- (transitive) to string up, to truss
- (transitive) to hook
- (transitive) to hang, to execute
- to act despotically; to play the tyrant
- to play hooky, to skip class
- to neglect
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “asmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “asmak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “asmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük