uğraşmak

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) To strive for, to struggle for.
  2. (intransitive) To work hard or continuously on something.
  3. (intransitive) To fight with.
  4. (figuratively, intransitive) To bully or harass someone.

Synonyms

gayret etmek

girişimde bulunmak

kavga etmek

rekabet etmek

üzerinde çalışmak

çaba harcamak

var kuvvetiyle çalışmak

meye çalışmak

-meye çabalamak

cebelleşmek

öğrenmeye çalışmak

çıkarmaya çalışmak

çabalaşmak

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/uːɾaʃˈmak/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوغراشمق (uġraşmak, “to struggle or fight with another or one another, to strive hard at something”), from Ottoman Turkish اوغرامق (uġramak, “to go to, through or by a place, to meet, to encounter”), from Proto-Turkic *ugra- (“to meet, to go to meet, to intend”), morphologically uğra- + -ş + -mak.

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