قورمق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kur- (“to erect a building, to establish”).[1]

Verb

قورمق • (kurmak)

to establish, organize
to set a trap
to wind up a clock
to cock a gun
to lay a foundation
to pitch a tent
to lay out a camp
to set materials in order for fermentation
to plan, devise
to form, constitute (a meeting)

Related terms

قورمه‎ (kurma)
قوروم‎ (kurum)
قورندی‎ (kurundu)

Descendants

Turkish: kurmak

References

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

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قورمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1484

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