utanmaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic утанмаг
Roman utanmaq
Perso-Arabic اوتانماق

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ubun (shame) + -an [1]. Cognate with Turkish utanmak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /utɑnˈmɑχ/, [utɑˈmːɑχ]
  • Hyphenation: ut‧an‧maq

Verb

utanmaq

  1. (intransitive, with ablative) to feel shy or uncomfortable
    Soruşmaqdan utanma.
    Don't be shy to ask.
    Synonym: xəcalət çəkmək
  2. (intransitive, with ablative) to feel ashamed
    Utanım sənin yerinə!
    Shame on you!
    (literally, “May I be ashamed in your place!”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • utandırmaq (to make feel shy; to embarrass)
  • utanc (shame)
  • utanmaz (shameless)

References

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