to work at a job, to labour · to work properly, to operate, to function; to carry out one's function, to be effective, to come into play · to perpetrate or commit a crime
çekim: geçmiş 働いた
köken: Most likely derived ultimately from a mimetic word はた (hata, adverb, referring to the sound of objects bumping together), in turn possibly cognate with 旗 (hata, “flag”, from the sound of a flag flapping) and 機 (hata, “a loom”, from the sound of the shuttle or the workings of the batten). Compare also adverb はたはた (hatahata, “working diligently”), verb はためく (hatameku, “to flutter, flap, flicker,…