to tear, tear apart · to slip away, sneak away · to skedaddle, to hightail, to flee
çekim: geçmiş cırmış · ortaç cırmış · şimdiki cırır
köken: Possibly from Proto-Turkic *yīr-, *yï̄r- (“to split lengthwise; to break, tear”), in which case a doublet of yırtmaq (“wear out; rend”). Compare with Crimean Tatar cırtmaq. Alternatively, onomatopoeic.