تكه‌لمك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From تكه (teke, “billy-goat”) +‎ ـلمك (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

Verb

تكه‌لمك • (tekelemek)

(intransitive, for a male kid) to become full grown
(intransitive, for a billy-goat) to be in heat
(intransitive, figuratively) to become furious, or choleric

Further reading

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تكه‌لمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 396
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تكه‌لمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 584

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