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dalmak

Pronunciation: /daɫˈmak/

“dalmak” is a Turkish word. Its 10 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to dive
  2. to enter, especially quickly or crudely
  3. to become unconscious, to pass out, to faint
  4. to daydream
  5. to lose oneself in an activity
  6. to doze off, fall asleep
  7. to grab the opponents leg suddenly
  8. to dive in
  9. to suddenly attack in a fight
  10. to start to boil

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طالمق (dalmak), from Old Anatolian Turkish طالمق (dalmaq), from Proto-Turkic *tāl- (“to sink”). Compare Azerbaijani dalmaq, Gagauz dalmaa. The sense 'to suddenly attack in a fight' is likely a semantic loan from dialects.

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