koyulmak

Meaning

  1. (form-of, passive) passive of koymak: to be put/placed
  2. (intransitive) to start / begin to something; such as work, adventure, journey etc.

koymak

  1. (ditransitive) to put
  2. (ditransitive) to put, to add
  3. (ditransitive) to prepare or serve a food or a drink
  4. (ditransitive) to appoint, to assign
  5. (transitive) to to let (someone) go
  6. (transitive) to affect, to touch
  7. (transitive) to leave, to abandon
  8. (slang, transitive, with-dative) to fuck
  9. (slang, transitive, with-dative) to hit
  10. (slang, transitive, with-dative) to beat

Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish قویلمق (koyulmak), equivalent to koy- (“to put, to place”) + -ul (passive suffix).

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