şamar

Meaning

1. a harsh slap across the face with an open palm
2. (broadly) any sort of harsh physical attack with the hand

Concepts

slap

smack

spanking

Synonyms

tokat

şaplak

sille

şapır şupur

Translations

gifle

taloche

Klaps

claque

soufflet

Ohrfeige

صَفْعَة

bofetada

ceffone

bufetada

mep

Schlag

Schelle

bofetada

fessée

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃaˈmaɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شمار (şamar). According to Çağbayır and Ayverdi, perhaps onomatopoeic, from şap (“slapping sound”).