sürüklemek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سوروكلمك (sürüklemek). Related to sürmek.

Verb

sürüklemek (third-person singular simple present sürükler)

to drag (pull along the ground)
Synonym: sürümek
to carry, transport, take away
Synonym: götürmek
(figurative) to drag (bring a reluctant person along)
(nautical) to move a ship from its anchor or mooring by force of wind or water

References

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sürüklemek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4396
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sürüklemek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سوروكلمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1090
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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