mırlamak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مرلامق (mırlamak). Onomatopoeic.

Verb

mırlamak (third-person singular simple present mırlar)

to purr

See also

mırıl mırıl
mırıltı

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مرلامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1815

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