ötmək

== Azerbaijani == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ötˈmæk], [ötˈmæj] Hyphenation: öt‧mək === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Turkic *öt- (“to pass by, pass through”). Cognate with Chuvash вит (vit). ==== Verb ==== ötmək (transitive) to overtake (to pass a more slowly moving object or entity) Synonym: ötüb-keçmək Yolda onun maşını bizimkini ötdü. ― His car overtook ours on the road. Amerikaya çatmaq və onu ötüb-keçmək (a Soviet slogan) ― to catch up and overtake America (transitive) to excel, to surpass (intransitive) to pass, pass by (intransitive, transitive) to pass, to go by, to elapse, to slip by (of time) Synonym: keçmək Mənim yaşım əllini ötüb. ― I have passed fifty (literally, “My age has passed fifty.”) (intransitive) to elapse, to run out, to expire, to fall due (intransitive) to overboil Synonym: bitmək (intransitive) to go away, stop, to cease Synonym: kəsilmək Başağrısı ötdü. ― The headache has gone away Yağış ötdü. ― It has stopped raining ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Turkic *öt- (“to sing (of birds); to say; to ask, request”). Cognate with Turkish ötmek, Chuvash авӑт (avăt, “to sing (of birds)”). ==== Verb ==== ötmək (intransitive) to sing (of birds) ===== Conjugation ===== === References === Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “ötmək”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎[2] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 3, Baku: Şərq-Qərb