Turkish Etymology From Ottoman Turkish طاقلمق (takılmak). Verb takılmak (third-person singular simple present takılır) passive of takmak; to be attached (intransitive) stumble [with dative] Yürürken Ahmet'in ayağı bir dala takıldıAs he was walking, Ahmet stumbled over a branch (intransitive) to be stuck on somewhere [with locative] Üçüncü soruda takıldım, yardım etsene.I'm stuck on the third question, can you help me? (intransitive) to tease [with dative] Sakin ol, sadece sana takılıyorum.Calm down, I'm just teasing you. (intransitive) hang out [with ile] Yarın Eylül'le takılacağız.Tomorrow we will hang out with Eylül. References Kélékian, Diran (1911) “takılmak”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 793Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.