süpürmek

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish سوپورمك (süpürmek), from Old Turkic [script needed] (sipir-), from Proto-Turkic *sipür-. Cognate with Azerbaijani süpürmək, Chuvash шӑпӑр (šăp̬ăr, broom).

Verb

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süpürmek (third-person singular simple present süpürür)

  1. to sweep (with a broom or a vacuum cleaner)
  2. to sweep away
    • 1937 November 13, “Müthiş bir tayfun [A terrifying typhoon]”, in Cumhuriyet, page 3:
      Filipin adalarında bir şehri silip süpürdü
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “süpürmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN