qurdalamaq

== Azerbaijani == === Etymology === From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (qurdamak), appended with the intensifying suffix -ələ. Cognate with Turkish kurcalamak, (Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (kurcalamak) and older Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (kurdalamak)). According to Nishanyan, ultimately of ideophonic or onomatopoetic origin, imitating the sound or motion associated with scratching or picking, to which Turkish forms like kırç ~ kırt are related. Perhaps also influenced by the form qurd (“worm”), as the finger movement resembles a moving worm while poking/picking at something. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɡur.dɑ.ɫɑˈmɑx] Hyphenation: qur‧da‧la‧maq === Verb === qurdalamaq (transitive) to poke, probe, or fiddle with something repeatedly, moving it around with the hands; to tamper with or manipulate. to rummage through or feel around in search of something, typically with the hands. to pick at, scratch, or irritate something, especially a wound or sore. burnunu qurdalamaq ― to pick one's nose to dig into, pry into, or reopen something, especially something unpleasant or forgotten. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== qurdalanmaq ==== See also ==== qazmaq eşmək === References === Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “qurdalamaq”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 3, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 215