ایرماق

Khorezmian Turkic

Verb

ایرماق (ayırmaq) (transitive)

  1. Alternative form of اذیرماق (aðırmaq)

References

  • Nadžip, Emir Nadžipovič (1979) Istoriko-sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov XIV veka [Historical-comparative dictionary of XIV-century Turkic languages], Moscow: Glavnaja redakcija vostočnoj literatury, page 128

Ottoman Turkish

ایرماق

Alternative forms

  • ایرمق (ırmak)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yïrmak (river) and probably related to یارمق (yarmak, to split, rend, cleave) and یارم (yarım, half); cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yırmak), Azerbaijani irmaq and Chuvash ҫырма (śyrma).

Noun

ایرماق • (ırmak)

  1. river, a large stream which drains a land mass
    Synonym: نهر (nehir)

Descendants

  • Turkish: ırmak

Further reading

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