to fiddle, fidget with (something); to touch (something) lightly and repeatedly with one's fingers · to fumble, fidget somewhere or with something (-val/-vel) · to fritter, tinker with something (-val/-vel), to occupy oneself idly
çekim: geçmiş babráltak
köken: Probably of onomatopoeic origin; from the same stem as babirkál (“to fritter, tinker”) + -ál (frequentative verb-forming suffix). The stem may also be related to the stem of bibe, bibi and bíbelődik. Possibly developed under the influence of Slovak babrať (“to fiddle with”), from Proto-Slavic *babrati. First attested in 1784.
köken: From Old Norse fálma, perhaps imitative of fumbling. Or, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to shake, swing”), see also Latin palpō (“to pat, touch softly”), and possibly Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan (“to feel”).