kalkışmak

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish قالقشمق (kalkışmak). Formed as the reciprocal of kalkmak.

Verb[edit]

kalkışmak (third-person singular simple present kalkışır)

  1. to attempt or pretend to attempt a difficult or impossible task
    • 1941 April 30, headline on page 1 of En Son Havâdis:
      Almanyanın Cebelüttarık'ı zapta kalkışması askerî bir zarurettir!
      It is a martial necessity for Germany to capture Gibraltar

References[edit]

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قالقشمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 934
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قالقشمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1421
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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