سوزمك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *süŕ- (to strain, filter);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani süzmək, Bashkir һөҙөү (höźöw), Chuvash сӗрме (sĕrme), Kazakh сүзу (süzu), Kyrgyz сүзүү (süzüü), Tatar сөзү (sözü), Uyghur سۈزمەك (süzmek) and Uzbek suzmoq.

Verb

سوزمك • (süzmek)

  1. (transitive) to strain, filter, percolate, separate solid from liquid
  2. (transitive, by extension) to examine, inspect, observe carefully
  3. (transitive) to half close the eyes from drowsiness, intoxication or rapture

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: süzmek
  • Armenian: սիւզմիշ (siwzmiš)

References

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

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