soxmaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic сохмаг
Roman soxmaq
Perso-Arabic سوخماق

Etymology

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

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

Verb

soxmaq

  1. (transitive) to stick in, push in, insert forcefully
    Lazım olmayan yerə burnunu soxma!
    Don't stick your nose where it doesn't belong!
    Synonyms: salmaq, sancmaq, batırmaq

Conjugation

References

  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
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