delmek

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish دلمك (delmek),[1] from Proto-Turkic *del- (to bore through).[2]

Verb

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delmek

  1. to broach
  2. to pierce
    kulağını deldirdin mi? - did you (singular, informal) have your ear pierced?

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دلمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 912
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*del-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill