قاقمق

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kak- (to strike, tap);[1] cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (qaq-), Kumyk къакъмакъ (qaqmaq), Kyrgyz кагуу (kaguu), Southern Altai кагар (kagar) and Uzbek qoqmoq.

Verb

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قاقمق (kakmak)

  1. (transitive) to push, tap, to strike chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard
  2. (transitive) to drive, nail, to provide an impetus for motion or other physical change
    Synonym: چاقمق (çakmak)
  3. (transitive) to beetle, mall, to beat with a mall, or mallet, to beat with something heavy

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: kakmak
  • Armenian: խախմիշ (xaxmiš)

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kak-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 609

Further reading

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