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bastırmak

“bastırmak” is a Turkish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

verb

  1. To prevent a harmful situation, to extinguish.
  2. To suppress, to subdue, to take under control.
  3. To overwhelm, to overpower.
  4. To fold the edge of a fabric and sew.
  5. To occur suddenly and with a great force, such as rain.
  6. To apply pressure, to press.
  7. To make poultry birds brood.

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باصدرمق (basdırmaḳ, “to let or make press, to make or let printed, to overpower, to suppress”), from Ottoman Turkish باصمق (basmaḳ), morphologically bas- + -tır + -mak

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