سڤماك

Karakhanid

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *seb-. Compare Turkish sevmek.

Verb

سَڨْماكْ (sevmek) (third-person singular aorist سَڨارْ (sever))

1. (transitive) to love

   اُلْ مَنٖی سَڨْدٖی ― ol meni sevdi ― he loved me

2. (transitive) to like

   تَیْغانْ یُكُرْكَنِّ تِلْكُو سَڨْماسْ

   tayğan yügürgenni tilkǖ sevmes

   a fox does not like a running hound

Derived terms

• سَڨُكْ (sevük, “beloved”)
• سَڨُنْماكْ (sevünmek, “to rejoice”)
• سَڨِشْماكْ (sevišmek, “to love each other; to have sex”)

Descendants

• Chagatai: [script needed] (séwmek)
  • Uzbek: sevmoq
  • Uyghur: سۆيمەك (söymek)

Further reading

• Mahmud al-Kashgari (1072–1074), Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the Compendium of the Languages of the Turks] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume II, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 15.