qoymaq

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قویمق (qoymaq), from Proto-Turkic *kod-, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ko-. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kōd-), [script needed] (kōt-, “to put, to set down, to lay, to place”), Turkish koymak, etc.

• IPA^(key): [ɡojˈmɑχ]
• Hyphenation: qoy‧maq

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qoymaq

1. (ditransitive) to put, to place, to set

   Kişi gətirdiyi pulu stolun üstünə qoydu.

   The man put the money that he brought on the table.

   Oyuncağı uşağın qabağına qoydum. ― I placed the toy in front of the child.

   Apar qoy yerinəǃ ― Take [it] and put it back in its placeǃ

   Gedim çantamı otağıma qoyum, gəlirəm.

   I'll go to my room and leave the bag, then I'll come back.

   (literally, “I'll go put my bag to the room, I am coming back.”)

   Məsələnin texniki tərəfini qoyaq bir tərəfə, keçək insan faktoruna.

   Let's put the technical aspect of the matter aside and move on to the human factor.

2. (ditransitive) to put on (to don) (mostly with papaq)

   başına papaq qoymaq ― to put on a wool hat

3. (ditransitive) to put in (stitches)

   Başına altı dənə tikiş qoyuldu. ― S/he had six stitches put in to his/her head.

4. (transitive) to put on (to play a recording)

   Synonym: qoşmaq

   Bir dənə qəşəng mahnı qoy, qulaq asaq. ― Put on a nice song, let's listen [to it].

5. (transitive) to let

   Synonyms: imkan vermək, yol vermək

   Getmək istəyirdim, amma valideynlərim qoymadılar.

   I wanted to go, but my parents didn't let [me]

6. (transitive) to leave

   Yaşadıqları yerdə hər şeyi qoyub, qaçmalı oldular.

   They had to leave everything where they lived and flee

7. (ditransitive) to impose (sanctions, taxes, etc.)

   gəlirlərə vergi qoymaq ― to impose a tax on icomes

   yasaq qoymaq ― to impose a prohibition/ban

   uçuşlara qadağa qoymaq ― to impose a ban on fligths

   təcavüzkar ölkəyə sanksiyalar qoymaq ― to impose sanction on an aggressor country

8. (intransitive, slang) to punch [with dative]

   Synonym: vurmaq

   Ala yeri sikdir burdan ə, bir dənə qoyaram sənə ölüb qalarsan!

   Get the fuck out of here [or else] I'll beat the shit out of you!

9. (intransitive, slang, vulgar) to fuck [with dative]

   Synonym: sikmək

10. (ambitransitive, slang) to drink (of alcohol)

    Synonym: vurmaq

11. (ambitransitive, slang) to take (of drugs)

    Ala bu çox qoydu e, peredoz olub gedər. ― Dude, he's taken too much, he's gonna OD

• Some speakers, especially those of lower social standing, seek to avoid using certain basic transitive verbs (such as qoymaq, vermək, itələmək, vurmaq, soxmaq, qayırmaq and more) which also have obscene senses in contexts where ambiguity might arise. As such, some speakers may feel the need to use a verbal reservation or disclaimer, such as pis çıxmasın (“may it not sound wrong, don't misunderstand me”) or türkün məsəli (“as simple people say”), in connection with such verbs. For example, in a dinner setting, before asking whether one's table neighbour should also be served with the same dish one is currently reaching to take, a person might say:

Pis çıxmasın, sənə də qoyum?

Don't misunderstand me, shall I serve you too?

(literally, “should I put to you too?”)

Such verbal reservations may be deemed as inappropriate by more cultured speakers, as disambiguating is rarely really needed, and is instead adding unnecessary vulgarity to the communication. A safer way to avoid using verbs in such contexts would be replacing them with less ambiguous ones. For example, çəkmək could be used in the sample sentence above instead of qoymaq.