tepelemek

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish تپه‌لمك (tepelemek, “to beat on the head; to hit”). By surface analysis, tepe +‎ -le +‎ -mek.

Verb[edit]

tepelemek

  1. (literally) to strike on the head
  2. to thrash, beat up, abuse

References[edit]

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تپه‌لمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 492
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tepelemek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تپه‌لمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 342
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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