saptırmak

Meaning

causative of sapmak: to deflect, to distort

sapmak

  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.

Synonyms

çarpıtmak

ödün vermek

tahrif etmek

yoldan çıkmak

yolunu değiştirmek

Translations

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صاپدرمق (saptırmak). Equivalent to sap- (“to turn, to swerve”) + -tır (“causative suffix”).

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