asmak

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to hang, to suspend, to hang up, to append
  2. (transitive) to drape, to drape over, to sling
  3. (transitive) to string up, to truss
  4. (transitive) to hook
  5. (transitive) to hang, to execute
  6. to act despotically; to play the tyrant
  7. to play hooky, to skip class
  8. to neglect

Frequency

C2
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish آصمق (asmak, “to hang up, suspend”), from Proto-Turkic *as- (“to hang”). Cognates Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (asmāk, “to hang”), Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐽻𐽹𐽰𐽷 (asmak, “to hang”), Azerbaijani asmaq (“to hang”), Bashkir аҫыу (aśıw, “to hang”), Chuvash усма (usma, “to lower, move down”), Kazakh асу (asu, “to hang”), Kyrgyz асуу (asuu, “to hang”), Southern Altai азар (azar, “to hang”), Tatar асу (asu, “to hang”), Turkmen asmak (“to hang up, suspend”), Tuvan азар (azar, “to hang”), Uyghur ئاسماق (asmaq, “to hang”), Uzbek osmoq (“to hang”).

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