çırpınmak

== Turkish == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃɯɾ.pɯnˈmak/ === Verb === çırpınmak (third-person singular simple present çırpınır) (intransitive) To struggle or to flutter with pain. (intransitive, figurative) To strive intensely to achieve a highly wanted goal. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== çırpıntı === References === === Further reading === “çırpınmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu