ötmek

Crimean Tatar

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *et-mek (“bread”). Cognate with Turkish ekmek.

Noun

ötmek

  1. bread
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *öt-. Compare Turkish ötmek below.

Verb

ötmek

  1. to sing (only about birds)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اوتمك‎ (ütmek, “to resound, ring, echo, to sing; crow”), from Proto-Turkic *öt- (“to sing (of birds), say, ask”).[1]

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (öt-, “(of animals) to sing, make noise”), [script needed] (ötün-, “to ask, request”), Chagatai [script needed] (ötmek, “to say”), Chuvash авӑтма (avătma, “to sing”), Turkmen ötünmek (“to apologise”), Yakut эт (et, “to say”).

Verb

ötmek (third-person singular simple present öter)

  1. (intransitive) (for a bird) to sing; (for a cock) to crow
    Bir çöplükte iki horoz ötmez. ― Two roosters won't crow in the same dump. (A similar proverb to “If two ride on a horse, one must ride behind.”)
  2. (intransitive) (for a horn, a whistle) to blow, toot, hoot
  3. (intransitive) to chatter noisily, gab, babble
  4. (transitive, slang) to let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • borusu ötmek
  • ötebilmek
  • ötememek
  • ötme
  • ötmemek
  • öttürmek
  • ötücü
  • ötülmek
  • ötüm
  • ötüş
  • ötüşmek

See also

  • şakımak

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ŏ́t`è (~-t-)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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