boşa almak

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوشه آلمق (boşa almaḳ, “to suspend in the air”), equivalent to compound of boş (“empty, hollow, vanity, futility, idleness”) +‎ -a (dative suffix) +‎ almak (“to take, to receive”), literally “to take into empty, idleness”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /boˈʃa.aɫ.mak/ Hyphenation: bo‧şa‧al‧mak === Verb === boşa almak (third-person singular simple present boşa alır) (transitive) To suspend, to hang loose. Synonym: askıya almak (transitive, automotive) To put a vehicle in neutral gear, to put it out of gear. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “boşa almak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “boşa almak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 656