صوسامق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *subsa- (“to thirst”); cognate with Azerbaijani susamaq, Bashkir һыуһау (hıwhaw), Kazakh сусау (susau), Kyrgyz суусоо (suusoo), Turkmen suwsamak, Tuvan суксаар (suksaar), Uyghur ئۇسسۇماق (ussumaq) and Uzbek suvsamoq.

Verb

صوسامق • (susamak)

(intransitive) to thirst, to be or become thirsty

Descendants

Turkish: susamak

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “susamak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4361
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صوسامق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 772
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “susa-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صوسامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1191

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