taslamak

Meaning

1. (transitive) to pretend to be, to present oneself as
2. (Adana, Konya, Niğde, transitive) to watch secretly
3. (Kayseri, transitive) to look far away
4. (ditransitive) to show
5. (transitive) to show out, to boast with something
6. (Kayseri, transitive) to think over a task
7. (transitive) to make steel into a hammer
8. (transitive) to deem fit or appropriate
9. (intransitive) to sulk

Concepts

pretend

profess

represent

Synonyms

başka türlü göstermek

yalandan yapmak

belli etmemek

kendini … gibi göstermek

duygularını gizlemek

ikiyüzlülük yapmak

Translations

heucheln

vortäuschen

simuler

affecter

feindre

faire l´hypocrite

dissimulare

dissimulare

huichelen

femelen

kwezelen

dissimular

اِدَّعَى

dissimular

spielen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɑsɫɑˈmɑk/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish:

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طاسلامق (taslamak), تصلمق (taslamak). According to Nişanyan, ultimately derived from Proto-Oghuz تَسْ (/⁠tas⁠/, “bad of everything”). He also compares [script needed] (tösle-). Cognate with Turkmen taslanmak.