to torture, to torment, to agonize · to cause sorrow, to upset, to worry · to harass, to bother
çekim: geçmiş quälte · ortaç gequält · şimdiki quält · ulaç quälend
eş: foltern, misshandeln
köken: From Middle High German queln, from Old High German quellen, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną. The vowel was lengthened in modern German under the influence of the related noun Qual. Cognates include Dutch kwellen, English quell, Old Norse kvelja, and further Old Church Slavonic жаль (žalĭ, “pain”), Old Armenian կեղ (keł, “sore, ulcer”).
to torture (intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on) · to torture, torment, rack, be killing (cause severe suffering to) · to torment, rack (cause mental suffering to)
çekim: geçmiş βασάνισα · ortaç έχοντας βασανίσει · şimdiki βασανίζει · ulaç βασανίζοντας
köken: From Ancient Greek βασανίζω (basanízō, “to examine, to investigate, put to the test”), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”) + -ίζω (-ízō, “verbal suffix”), literally “to test with touchstone”. The modern sense of "torture" developed from the association of investigations and inquisitions of prisoners with physical tortures.
to conquer, subdue, or suppress (someone) by reducing or eradicating his or her ego or obstinacy. · to torture or be tortured; to subject or be subjected to suffering.