azmak

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to go astray, run wild, get out of control
  2. (slang) to get horny

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آزمق (azmak, “to leave the way, go astray, act outrageously, go mad”), from Proto-Turkic *āŕ- (“to go astray, lose one's way”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰕 (az /⁠āz-⁠/, “to go astray, to lose one's way”), Bashkir аҙыу (aźıw, “to lead immoral life, degenerate”), Southern Altai азар (azar, “to go astray”).

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