ساكنلنمك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From ساكن (sakin, “quiet, calm”) +‎ ـلنمك (-lenmek, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in front vowels).

Verb

ساكنلنمك • (sakinlenmek) (intransitive)

to calm down, settle down, subside, to fall into a state of calm
Synonym: دولنمك (dölenmek)

Further reading

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ساكنلنمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1029

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