Turkish

From Ottoman Turkish اوينامق ‎(oynamak, “to play, perform, risk, disport, move, vibrate, dance, amuse one's self, jest”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] ‎(oyna-), from Proto-Turkic [Term?]. Equivalent to oyun ‎(“game”) + -a ‎(“archaic verb forming suffix from nouns”).

Verb

oynamak ‎(third-person singular simple present oynar)

1. to play, amuse oneself, fool around
2. (for a film or play) to be on, be playing
3. to dance; to gambol, cavort, frisk about
4. to move, stir, budge, hop
5. to fluctuate, move back and forth, flicker
6. (transitive) to perform (a play), play (a card)
7. to risk, play around with, trifle with
8. to monkey with, tinker with, tamper with

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• oyun
• oynaş
• oynatmak

See also

• çalmak
• kımıldamak