Meaning of çökmək | Babel Free

Definitions

1. come down, descend
   intransitive
2. collapse
   intransitive
3. crumble, fall apart, disintegrate
   figuratively, intransitive
4. fall (on knees etc.)
   intransitive
5. sink (onto the chair etc.)
   intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Çimərliyə gözlənilmədən zəhərli duman çökdü.”

A poisonous fog suddenly came down over the beach.

“Bina çöküb, 4 nəfər dağıntılar altında qaldı.”

A building collapsed, four people remain under the wreckage.

“[...] iri ranqlı məmur vəzifəsindən uzaqlaşdırılan kimi, əksər hallarda onun biznesi də çökməyə başlayır.”

… as soon as a high-ranking official is removed from his position, in most cases his business begins to fall apart, too.

“diz çökmək”

to kneel, to fall on knees

“oturacağa çökmək”

to sink onto the chair

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