bırakmak

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to let go, release, relinquish
  2. (transitive) to abandon, to leave
  3. (transitive) to leave, to cause or allow something to remain as available
  4. (transitive) to put, put down; to postpone, put off
  5. (transitive) to quit, to leave, to stop using
  6. (transitive) to let, to allow
  7. (transitive) to leave, to hand over
  8. (transitive) to leave, to drop, to deliver, to bring someone to a place
  9. (transitive) to leave a quantity of something after using it such as food, money etc.
  10. (transitive) to leave, to leave behind, to leave something after departure or death
  11. (transitive) to leave, to end a relationship with someone, especially a romantic partner
  12. (transitive) to forget about, to let go
  13. (transitive) to grow facial hair, to let moustache or beard grow
  14. (transitive) to cause someone to be in a situation
  15. (transitive) to let go, to release, to set free
  16. (transitive) to not allow someone to pass a class, exam etc.
  17. (transitive) to lose someone
  18. (dialectal, transitive) to throw
  19. (Adana, Afyonkarahisar, Antalya, Burdur, Denizli, Isparta, Konya, Muğla, dialectal, transitive) (of animals) to give birth to a young one before the due time

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɯ.ɾak.ˈmak/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish براقمق (bırakmak), from Old Anatolian Turkish براقمق (bıraqmaq), from Proto-Turkic *bïrak-. Cognate with Chuvash пӑрах (părah), Azerbaijani buraxmaq, Gagauz brakmaa.

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