açmaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic ачмаг
Roman açmaq
Perso-Arabic آچماق

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ač- (to open) [1] Cognate with Turkish açmak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑt͡ʃˈmɑχ], [ɑt͡sˈmɑχ]
  • Hyphenation: aç‧maq

Verb

açmaq

  1. (transitive) to open
    Tez ol, qapını !Hurry up, open the door!
  2. (transitive) disclose, reveal, open oneself, confide
    Dostum mənə sirrini açdı.
    My friend revealed his/her secret to me.
    Kiməsə ürəyini açmaq
    To open one's heart to somebody
  3. (transitive, slang, vulgar) to deflower

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • açar (key)
  • açıq (open)
  • açılmaq (to become opened)
  • açdırmaq (to cause something to open)

References

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