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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