çoğalmak

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چوغالمق (çoğalmaḳ),[1][2] from چوق (çoḳ),[3] equivalent to çok (many, much) + -al (verb-forming suffix) + -mak. Cognate with Azerbaijani çoxalmaq, Kyrgyz чогулуу (coguluu), Karakhanid چُقْرَشْماقْ (çoḳraşmaḳ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃoːaɫˈmɑk/
  • Hyphenation: ço‧ğal‧mak
  • Rhymes: -mak

Verb

çoğalmak (third-person singular simple present çoğalır)

  1. (intransitive) To increase, to grow in amount or number, to multiply.
    Synonyms: artmak, fazlalaşmak, ziyadeleşmek

Conjugation

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چوغالمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 736
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چوغالمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 479
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çok”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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