سوزمك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *süŕ- (to strain, filter)[1]; cognate with Azerbaijani süzmək, Bashkir һөҙөү (höðöw), Chuvash сӗрме (sĕrme), Kazakh сүзу (süzu), Kyrgyz сүзүү (süzüü), Tatar сөзү (sözü), Uyghur سۈزمەك (süzmek) and Uzbek suzmoq.

Verb

سوزمك (süzmek)

  1. (transitive) to strain, filter, percolate, separate solid from liquid
  2. (transitive, by extension) to examine, inspect, observe carefully
  3. (transitive) to half close the eyes from drowsiness, intoxication or rapture

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: süzmek
  • Armenian: սիւզմիշ (siwzmiš)

References

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

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