sapmak

Meaning

1. (intransitive, with-dative) To change direction, to turn to, to swerve to, to veer into.
2. (intransitive, with-ablative) To digress from; to deviate from (one's goal).
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To deviate from the norm, to abandon the right path.

Concepts

turn

oblique

sheer

swerve

cut

deviate

decline

diverge

lapse

incline

deviate from

bend

branch

depart

divagate

take

turn into

turn round

aim at

Synonyms

dönmek

çevirmek

uzaklaşmak

döndürmek

kıvırmak

ödün vermek

saptırmak

yoldan çıkmak

yön değiştirmek

yan gitmek

servis yolundan vermek

kesmemek

caymak

çelmek

gitmek

Translations

dévier

abweichen

tourner

abbiegen

drehen

faire un détour

schwenken

👋

bifurquer

s’écarter

obliquer

🐻

umspringen

umschwenken

umleiten

einlenken

umdrehen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sapˈmak/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: صاپمق

Cognate with Azerbaijani: sapmaq

Cognate with Chuvash: супма

Cognate with Turkmen: sap

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صاپمق (ṣapmaḳ, “to swerve, deviate, diverge, go astray”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (sap-, “to deviate, lead away from”), from Proto-Turkic *sap- (“to leave the way, go astray, deviate”).
Cognate with Azerbaijani sapmaq (“to wander away”), Chuvash супма (supma, “to turn, go astray, lose one's reason”), Turkmen sap (“dodge, trick”).