çatmak

Turkish

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to stack, pile (arms); to prop (poles, etc.) together
  • (transitive) to put up (a framework of poles or timbers)
  • (transitive) to tie on (a cloth worn around the forehead)
  • (transitive) to knit (one's brows)
  • (intransitive) to meet with, come up against, run up against (someone or something unpleasant)
  • (intransitive) to encounter, chance upon (someone)
  • (intransitive) to scold, berate
  • (intransitive) to hit, bump

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چاتمق (bring together) inherited from Proto-Turkic *čat- (bring together).

Origin

Proto-Turkic

*čat-

Gloss

bring together

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