اوقومق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *okï- (“to call; to read”); cognate with Azerbaijani oxumaq, Bashkir уҡыу, Kazakh оқу (oqu), Kyrgyz окуу (okuu), Turkmen okamak, Uyghur ئوقىماق (oqimaq), Uzbek oʻqimoq and Yakut угуй (uguy).

Verb

اوقومق • (okumak)

1. (transitive) to read, to look at and interpret letters or other information that is written
2. (transitive) to peruse, read through, read over, to thoroughly read something to the end
3. (transitive) to decipher, decode, interpret, to read text that is almost illegible or obscure
4. (transitive) to study, to review materials already learned in order to not forget them
5. (transitive) to recite, declaim, to repeat aloud some passage or poem before an audience
6. (transitive) to sing, chant, to produce or musical or harmonious sounds with one's voice

   Synonyms: چاغرمق (çağırmak), سویله‌مك (söylemek)

7. (transitive) to invite, entreat, to ask for the presence or participation of someone or something

   Synonyms: چاغرمق (çağırmak), دعوت ایتمك (daʼvet etmek)

8. (transitive) to read or recite prayers, incantations, or the like over a sick or possessed

Derived terms

• آغر اوقومق (ağır okumak, “to read slowly”)
• آفرین اوقومق (aferin okumak, “to applaud”)
• اذان اوقومق (ezan okumak, “to recite the adhan”)
• اوقوتمق (okutmak, “to make someone read or recite; to make something to be read or recited; to teach”)
• اوقوشمق (okuşmak, “to read mutually”)
• اوقومش (okumuş, “learned”)
• اوقوناقلی (okunaklı, “legible (writing etc.)”)
• اوقونمق (okunmak, “to be read, recited; to be invited”)
• اوقونور (okunur, “legible (writing etc.)”)
• اوقویجی (okuyucu, “reader, reciter, singer”)
• دوكونه اوقومق (düğüne okumak, “to invite to wedding”)
• رحمت اوقومق (rahmet okumak, “to pray for god's mercy and grace on the dead”)
• قوقومه (okuma, “reading, reciting”)
• لعنت اوقومق (lanet okumak, “to curse”)
• مصال اوقومق (masal okumak, “to read a tale; to romance”)
• میدان اوقومق (meydan okumak, “to challenge”)
• پك اوقومق (pek okumak, “to read aloud”)
• یواش اوقومق (yuvaş okumak, “to read or recite in a low voice”)

 

Descendants

• Gagauz: okumaa
• Turkish: okumak

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “okumak2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3601
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “اوقومق”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 83b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اوقومق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 195
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Legere”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 930
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اوقومق”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 527
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “oku-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوقومق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 261