آزماق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *āŕ- (“to go astray, lose one's way”), whence the verb آزمق (azmak, “to stray, wander; to overflow”).

Noun

آزماق • (azmak) (definite accusative آزماغی (azmağı), plural آزماقلر (azmaklar))

1. any artificial or temporary torrent or stream of water formed by the overflow of a river

Descendants

• Turkish: azmak

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “آزماق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 44
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “azmak2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 406
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آزماق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 17
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “azmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آزماق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 81