bozmak

Bozmak is a Turkish verb meaning to spoil, ruin, or damage. It is used transitively to indicate causing deterioration of a noun, such as food, plans, or expectations, or to disturb order and harmony. The root boz- expresses breaking, distorting, or deteriorating, and the infinitive form is bozmak. Related forms include bozulma (spoilage or deterioration) and bozulmak (to become spoiled or to be deformed).

Usage and meanings can be both literal and figurative. Common applications include physical spoilage of food, e.g., yemeği bozmak (to spoil the meal), and the ruin of non-physical entities such as plans or relationships, e.g., planları bozmak (to ruin the plans), dostluğu bozmak (to ruin a friendship), çevreyi bozmak (to degrade the environment). The verb is versatile and appears in everyday speech, media, and literature when describing negative changes or interruptions.

Grammar and conjugation are regular for Turkish. It is a transitive verb; in the present tense it appears as bozuyor, in the past as bozdu, and in the future as bozacak. When the object is definite, it takes the appropriate possessive and case endings, often with the object in the accusative, e.g., yemeği bozdu (he spoiled the meal). The antonymous counterpart bozulmak is used when the subject experiences spoilage or deterioration, e.g., yemek bozuldu (the meal spoiled).

See also: bozulmak, bozulma. Bozmak is a common, everyday verb in Turkish that covers both physical spoilage and figurative disruption, making it a foundational term for describing negative changes or damage.