kalkışmak
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قالقشمق (kalkışmak). Formed as the reciprocal of kalkmak.
Verb
kalkışmak (third-person singular simple present kalkışır)
- to attempt or pretend to attempt a difficult or impossible task
- 1941 April 30, headline on page 1 of En Son Havâdis:
- Almanyanın Cebelüttarık'ı zapta kalkışması askerî bir zarurettir!
- It is a martial necessity for Germany to capture Gibraltar
- 1941 April 30, headline on page 1 of En Son Havâdis:
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قالقشمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 934
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قالقشمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1421
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN
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