سورىماق

Uyghur

Other scripts

Arabic	سورىماق
Latin	sorimaq‍
Cyrillic	соримақ (sorimaq)

Note: The Cyrillic follows the Kazakhstani standard.

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai [Term?], from Karakhanid [Term?], from Proto-Turkic *sōr(a)- (“to ask”).

Cognates

Cognate with Turkish sormak, Azerbaijani sormaq, Turkmen soramak (“to ask, query”), Uzbek soʻramoq (“to ask, request”), Kazakh сұрау (sūrau, “to ask, inquire”), and Tuvan сураар (suraar, “to seek, look for”). Also cognate with Mongolian сурах (surax, “to learn, study, ask”), a Turkic borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sorimɑq/

Verb

سورىماق • (sorimaq)

1. to ask
2. to question
3. to request