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açmak

Pronunciation: /ɑt͡ʃˈmɑk/

“açmak” is a Turkish word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to open
  2. to clear, to unclog, to remove an obstacle
  3. to open; to untie something tied up, knit etc.
  4. to turn on
  5. for the sun to shine on a cloudy or rainy day
  6. to dig, to penetrate
  7. to open, to clear up, to make space
  8. to separate, to make space between two things
  9. to open; to start running (a shop, a business, an event, a game etc.)
  10. to make fade, to wear out a color
  11. to open, to uncover, to reveal, to expose; to make uncovered
  12. to reveal, to expose
  13. to reserve, to make
  14. to satisfy
  15. to make someone lose their boredom, shyness, fatigue etc.
  16. to split
  17. to vent
  18. to bloom
  19. to sharpen a pen, nib etc.
  20. to break one's fast

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آچمق (açmak, “to open”), from Old Anatolian Turkish آچمق (açmaq), from Proto-Turkic *ač- (“to open”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰲 (č /⁠ač-⁠/), Azerbaijani açmaq

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