اولچمك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ölč- (to measure);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani ölçmək, Bashkir үлсәү (ülsəw), Chuvash виҫ (viś), Kazakh өлшеу (ölşeu), Kyrgyz өлчөө (ölcöö) and Uzbek oʻlchamoq.

Verb

اولچمك • (ölçmek)

  1. (transitive) to measure, to ascertain the quantity or size of a unit of material

Derived terms

  • اولچدرمك (ölçdürmek, to make or let be measured)
  • اولچشمك (ölçüşmek, to measure one's self)
  • اولچك (ölçek, any measure of capacity)
  • اولچلمك (ölçülmek, to be measured)
  • اولچم (ölçüm, quantity represented by any measure)
  • اولچنمك (ölçünmek, to consider, to ponder)
  • اولچی (ölçü, measure)
  • یری اولچمك (yeri ölçmek, to measure land)

Descendants

  • Turkish: ölçmek

References

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

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.