آشاغیلامق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • آشاغیلمق (aşağılamak)

Etymology

From آشاغی (aşağı, “lower, inferior”) +‎ ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

Verb

آشاغیلامق • (aşağılamak)

  1. (transitive) to belittle, degrade, deprecate, denigrate, to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is
    Synonyms: آز كوسترمك (az göstermek), كوچولتمك (küçültmek)
  2. (intransitive) to descend, come down, to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position, to move downwards

Descendants

  • Turkish: aşağılamak

Further reading

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