sekmek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سكمك‎ (sekmek, “to hop, hobble along, ricochet”), from Proto-Turkic *sēk- (“to jump”).[1]

Cognate with Azerbaijani səkmək (“to hop”), Chuvash сикме (sikme, “to jump”). Compare Hungarian szökik (“to hop”).

Verb

sekmek (third-person singular simple present seker)

  1. (intransitive) to hop
  2. (intransitive) to skip, jump lightly and quickly
  3. (intransitive) to ricochet; (for a stone) to skip (over water)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • sekme
  • sekiş
  • seksek
  • sekilmek
  • sektirmek
  • sekmemek
  • sekememek
  • sekebilmek
  • seğirmek

References

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