çalmak

Meaning

1. (transitive) to steal
2. (transitive) to play (produce music using a musical instrument; use a device to hear a recording)
3. (intransitive) to play (produce music; be played from a recording)
4. (intransitive) to ring (phone or bell)
5. (transitive) to tap the door
6. (dated,regional,transitive) to hit, to throw
7. (dated,regional,transitive) to smear, to add

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃɑɫˈmɑk/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چالمق (çalmak), from Proto-Turkic *čal- (“to knock (down), hit, agitate”).