سونگرلنمك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From سونگر (sünger, “sponge”) +‎ ـلنمك (-lenmek, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in front vowels).

Verb

سونگرلنمك • (süngerlenmek)

to become a sponge or like a sponge
to become possessed of sponges
to become coated with growing sponges

Descendants

Turkish: süngerlenmek

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “süngerlenmek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4381
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سونگرلنمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1095

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