koşmak

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish قوشمق (koşmak).[1] Further etymology uncertain; perhaps a semantic derivation from the etymology below. A development from the reciprocal form of kovmak, *koğuş-, is also possible.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔʃˈ.mɑk/
  • (file)

Verb

koşmak (third-person singular simple present koşar)

  1. to run
    Synonym: (dialectal) seyitmek
Conjugation
  • koşu
See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *kōĺ- (pair, couple, to join, unite).[3] Cognate with Chuvash хуш (huš, to add, attach), Southern Altai кожор (kožor, to add), Kazakh қосу (qosu, to add), etc.

Verb

koşmak (third-person singular simple present koşar)

  1. to add, to attach, to pair
Conjugation

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوشمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1488
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “koş-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ko:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 670
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