çırpınmak

Meaning

1. (intransitive) To struggle or to flutter with pain.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To strive intensely to achieve a highly wanted goal.

Concepts

flicker

flitter

flutter

flit

Synonyms

çabalamak

çalışmak

dalbınmak

uğraşmak

çırpınıp durmak

Translations

se débattre

barboter

se démener

s’évertuer

abmühen

perpitîn

أَلَّمَ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃɯɾ.pɯnˈmak/

Etymology

Derived from çarpmak (“to hit, to strike, to bump”), from Proto-Turkic *čap- or Proto-Turkic *čalp- (“to hit, to steal, to plunder”), morphologically çırp- + -ın- + -mak.