ayıklamak

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To separate and remove unwanted things from inside another thing; to sift, to filter, to winnow.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To remove people unwanted or deemed unnecessary; to weed out.

Synonyms

ince eleyip sık dokumak

kabuğunu çıkarmak

Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.jɯk.laˈmac/
Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آیرتلمق (ayırtlamaḳ, “to make or show a difference or preference for, to select, to clear of refuse”), from Proto-Turkic *adïrtla- (“to differentiate, to separate”), from *adïrt (“difference, separation”), from *adïr- (“to separate”), equivalent to ayı(k)- + -la + -mak.

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