ötmek

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Crimean Tatar[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *et-mek (bread). Cognate with Turkish ekmek.

Noun[edit]

ötmek

  1. bread
    beyaz ötmekwhite bread
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *öt-. Compare Turkish ötmek below.

Verb[edit]

ötmek

  1. to sound (about booming sounds)
  2. to sing (only about birds)

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوتمك (ütmek, to resound, ring, echo, to sing; crow), from Proto-Turkic *öt- (to sing (of birds), say, ask).[1]

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (öt-, (of animals) to sing, make noise), [script needed] (ötün-, to ask, request), Chagatai [script needed] (ötmek, to say), Chuvash авӑтма (avătma, to sing), Turkmen ötünmek (to apologise), Yakut эт (et, to say).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /œtˈmec/
  • Hyphenation: öt‧mek

Verb[edit]

ötmek (third-person singular simple present öter)

  1. (intransitive) (of a bird) to sing; (of a cock) to crow
    Bir çöplükte iki horoz ötmez.Two roosters won't crow in the same dump. (A similar proverb to “If two ride on a horse, one must ride behind.”)
  2. (intransitive) (of a horn, a whistle) to blow, toot, hoot
  3. (intransitive) to chatter noisily, gab, babble
  4. (transitive, slang) to let the cat out of the bag, to spill the beans, to snitch

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ŏ́t`è (~-t-)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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