sormak

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [soɾˈmak]
  • Hyphenation: sor‧mak

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *sōr(a)- (to ask).[1] Cognate with Azerbaijani sormaq, Kazakh сұрау (sūrau, to ask, inquire), Turkmen soramak (to ask, query), Tuvan сураар (suraar, to seek, look for), Uzbek soʻramoq (to ask, request), and Uyghur سورىماق (sorimaq, to ask, question, request). Also cognate with Mongolian сурах (surax, to learn, study, ask), a Turkic borrowing.

Verb

sormak (third-person singular simple present sorar)

  1. (transitive) to ask, ask about, inquire about
    'Bir soru sorabilir miyim?May I ask a question?
  2. (transitive) to look for, want to see (someone)
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Etymology 2

See soğurmak.

Verb

sormak (third-person singular simple present sorar)

  1. (transitive) to suck; to slurp
Derived terms
  • sorunmak
  • soruşmak
  • sormuk
  • sormaç

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References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*sṓra”
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