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taslamak

Pronunciation: /tas.ɫaˈmak/

“taslamak” is a Turkish word. Its 9 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to pretend to be, to present oneself as
  2. to watch secretly
  3. to look far away
  4. to show
  5. to show out, to boast with something
  6. to think over a task
  7. to make steel into a hammer
  8. to deem fit or appropriate
  9. to sulk

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طاسلامق (taslamak), تصلمق (taslamak). According to Nişanyan, ultimately derived from Proto-Oghuz تَسْ (/⁠tas⁠/, “bad of everything”). He also compares Mongolian ᠲᠥᠰᠯᠡ᠊ (tösle-). Cognate with Turkmen taslanmak.

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