çevirmek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چویرمك (çevirmek), from Proto-Turkic *čebir- (to twist, turn; round).[1] Compare Chuvash ҫавӑр (śavăr, to turn over).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

çevirmek

  1. to turn over
  2. to translate
  3. to dial (a number on an old-fashioned telephone)
  4. to surround, encircle, enclose

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • tercüme etmek (translate)
  • döndürmek (turn over)
  • tuşlamak (dial on a modern telephone)

Derived terms

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*čebir-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 250
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