Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *koĺ- (to pair, couple, joint, unite);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani qoşmaq and Chuvash хуш (huš).

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قوشمق (koşmak)

  1. (transitive) to connect, join, unite, attach
    Synonym: باغلامق (bağlamak)
  2. (transitive) to harness a beast of burden, yoke
  3. (transitive) to add, join or unite one thing to another
    Synonym: اكلمك (eklemek)
  4. (transitive) to put to work, assign a task or job
Derived terms
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  • قوشمه (koşma, act of connecting or uniting)
Descendants
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  • Turkish: koşmak

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

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Etymology 2

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According to Nishanyan, possibly a semantic development from the etymology above.

Verb

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قوشمق (koşmak)

  1. (intransitive) to run, to move swiftly upon two feet
    Synonyms: سگرتمك (seğirtmek), یلمك (yelmek)
  2. (intransitive) to run back and forth, to run around
    Synonym: یلمك (yelmek)
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