çatmaq

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *čat- (“to bring together”). Cognate with Karakhanid جَتْماقْ‎ (čatmāq), Turkish çatmak, Crimean Tatar çatmaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɑtˈmɑχ], [t͡sɑtˈmɑχ]
• Hyphenation: çat‧maq

Verb

çatmaq

1. (intransitive) to reach

   Axır ki, beş saatlıq yoldan sonra, evə çatdıq. ― Finally, after having traveled for five hours, we reached home.

   Yuxarıdan qutunu endirə bilərsən? Oraya əlim çatmır. ― Can you take down the box from up there? My hand doesn't reach there.

2. (intransitive) to suffice, be enough, be short

   Hamıya yemək çatmadı, gərək yenə bişirim ― The food didn't suffice for everyone, I should cook more.

   Getdim çörək almağa, 50 gəpiyim çatmadı ― I went to buy bread, but I was 50 qapik short

3. (intransitive) to come, to be on turn
   • 2017 August 25, Bakipost.az‎:

     Bu texnologiya yenilikləri, dünyanın hər yerində rahatca işləyən avadanlıqlar bizə çatanda niyə lazımsız bir şeyə çevrilir, görəsən?

     These technological innovations work well everywhere in the world, why do they turn into something useless when it comes to us?

   Bizə çatanda, pul heç vaxt tapılmır

   When it is our turn to get payed, there are never any money

   (literally, “When it comes to us, money is never found”)

4. (intransitive) to get it, to understand

   Sənə demədim ora daha getmə? Deyəsən çatmadı. ― Haven't I told you not to go there anymore? It seems like you didn't get it.

5. (transitive) to make (a fire)

   tonqal çatmaq ― to make a bonfire

See also

• Pişiyin əli ətə çatmayanda, deyir, ət iylənib