ağırlamak

Meaning

To provide a guest with comfort and to show them respect; to host, to entertain, to show hospitality towards.

Synonyms

iyi karşılamak

keyfine bakmak

mest olmak

şölen vermek

ziyafet çekmek

ziyafet vermek

zevk ve sefa içinde yaşamak

hoşça vakit geçirtmek

Frequency

32k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aːɯɾ.ɫaˈmak/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آغرلمق (ağırlamak, “to treat with marks of respect, to become heavy”), from Proto-Turkic *iagïrla- (“to honor, to serve”), from Proto-Turkic *iagïr- (“heavy”), equivalent to ağır + -la + -mak.

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