dönmək
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See also: dönmek
Azerbaijani
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (tȫnmēk, “to return”), Turkish dönmek.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [dœnˈmæk], [dœnˈmæj]
- IPA(key): [dœˈmːæk], [dœˈmːæj]
Audio (Baku): (file) - Hyphenation: dön‧mək
Verb
[edit]dönmək (intransitive)
- to turn, turn around, turn off
- Yol sola dönür. ― The road turns to the left.
- ...dönüb dedi... ― ...s/he turned around and said...
- yoldan sağa dönmək ― to turn off to the right from the road
- haqq yoluna dönmək ― to turn to the righteous path
- qapına tərəf dönmək ― to turn towards the door
- to turn to, become [with dative]
- Su buxara döndü ― Water became steam.
- buza dönmək ― to turn to ice
- yanıb külə dönmək ― to burn up and turn to ashes
- uşağa dönmək ― to turn to a child
- Synonym: olmaq
- to return, come back, go back
- Vətənə dönmək ― to return to the home country
- evinə dönmək ― to return to one's home
- Synonym: qayıtmaq
- turn back
- Öldü var, döndü yox. ― Rather die than turn back.
- geriyə dönmək ― to turn back
- (figuratively) to turn away (from someone or something), renounce [with ablative]
- əqidəsindən dönmək ― to renounce one's beliefs
- Allahdan dönmək ― to renounce God
- (figuratively) to retract
- sözündən dönmək ― to retract one's words [with ablative]
- to end, be over; to go by, go past (without any affect)
- Gün döndü. ― The day passed.
- Gecə döndü, səhər oldu. ― The night passed, the morning came.
- Synonym: keçmək
- to convert (to a religion) [with dative]
- islama/xristianlığa dönmək ― to convert to Islam/Christianity
- Synonym: qəbul etmək
- Used in idiomatic expressions
- Ona kişi deməyə dilim dönmür. (idiomatic)
- I can't bring myself to call him a man.
- (literally, “My tongue isn't turning to call him a man.”)
- başına dönüm. (idiomatic; mostly ironically)
- expression of care, concern or tenderness.
- (literally, “may I turn around/ to your head.”)
- üzü dönmək (idiomatic) ― to break with someone, to turn one's back on someone (literally, “to turn away one's face”)
- dönə-dönə üzr istəmək ― to deeply apologize
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- dönər (“doner kebab”)
Descendants
[edit]- → Armenian: դոնմիշ (donmiš)