aç

Sentences

açmak

(transitive) to open
(transitive) to clear, to unclog, to remove an obstacle
(transitive) to open; to untie something tied up, knit etc.
(transitive) to turn on
(intransitive) for the sun to shine on a cloudy or rainy day
(transitive) to dig, to penetrate
(transitive) to open, to clear up, to make space
(transitive) to separate, to make space between two things
(transitive) to open; to start running (a shop, a business, an event, a game etc.)
(transitive) to make fade, to wear out a color
(transitive) to open, to uncover, to reveal, to expose; to make uncovered
(figuratively, transitive) to reveal, to expose
(transitive) to reserve, to make
(informal, transitive) to satisfy
(transitive) to make someone lose their boredom, shyness, fatigue etc.
(transitive) to split
(transitive) to vent
(transitive) to bloom
(transitive) to sharpen a pen, nib etc.
(transitive) to break one's fast
(transitive) to spread
(transitive) to wage (war)
(archaic, transitive) to conquer

Opposite of

tok

açgözlü

aç kalmış

haris

obur

acıktırıcı

acıkmış

com fome

πεινασμένος

birsî

νηστικός

جائع

afamat

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ɑt͡ʃ]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish

Cognate with Old Turkish

Cognate with Azerbaijani

Cognate with Bashkir

Cognate with Chuvash

Cognate with Kazakh

Cognate with Khakas

Cognate with Kyrgyz

Cognate with Southern Altai

Cognate with Turkmen

Cognate with Tuvinian

Cognate with Uyghur

Cognate with Uzbek

Cognate with Yakut

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish آج (ac, “hungry”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (ac, “hungry”), from Proto-Turkic *āç, *āč (“hunger”). Cognates Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰲 (ač /⁠aç⁠/, “hungry”), Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐽽 (aç, “hungry”), Karakhanid [script needed] (āç, “hungry”), Azerbaijani ac (“hungry”), Bashkir ас (as, “hungry”), Chuvash выҫӑ (vyś̬ă, “hunger, hungry”), Kazakh аш (aş, “hunger”), Khakas ас (as, “hunger, hungry”), Kipchak [script needed] (aç, “hungry”), Kyrgyz ач (ac, “hungry”), Southern Altai ач (ač, “hunger”), Turkmen āç (“hungry”), Tuvan аш (aş, “hunger, hungry”), Uyghur ئاچ (ach, “hungry”), Uzbek och (“hungry”), Yakut аас (aas, “hunger”).

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