püskürmek

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Turkish

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Etymology

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

Verb

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püskürmek (third-person singular simple present püskürür)

  1. to sputter, to splutter
  2. to scatter, drive away
  3. (geology) (for a volcano) to erupt

References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “püskürmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پوسكورمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 458
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN