püskürmek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پوسكورمك‎ (püskürmek). Onomatopoeic in the older root form püf or püs. Compare Azerbaijani püskürmək.

Verb

püskürmek (third-person singular simple present püskürür)

to sputter, to splutter
to scatter, drive away
(geology) (for a volcano) to erupt

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “püskürmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “پوسكورمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 458
The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN

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