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kovmak

kovmak

Turkish

Verb

kovmak (third-person singular simple present kovar)

  1. (transitive) to drive (someone) away, to kick out, expel, get rid of
    Adamlar onu tehdit edip evden kovdular. ― [Some/the] Men threatened [him/her] and kicked [him/her] out
  2. (transitive) to fire, sack
    Yaptığı düzensizlikler ortaya çıkınca hemen işten kovuldu. ― When the irregularities he made surfaced, he was sacked from his job immediately.

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References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *Kob-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill