avunmak

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آونمق (avunmak, “to be occupied with something in the mind”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.vunˈmak/ === Verb === avunmak (third-person singular simple present avunur) (intransitive) to cope, to find comfort from one's problems by doing something else to occupy oneself with something (dialectal, of an animal) to become pregnant ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “avunmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “avunmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “avunmak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 367b