استاماك
Karakhanid edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Common Turkic *īŕte- (“to seek, search”). Doublet of ارتاماك (irtēmēk, “to seek, pursue”).
Cognate with Khalaj hişəmək, Turkish istemek (“to want”) and Bashkir эҙләү (eźləw).
Verb edit
اِسْتاماكْ (istēmēk) (third-person singular aorist اِسْتارْ (istēr))
- (transitive) to seek, pursue
Derived terms edit
- اِسْتاكْ (istēk, “request”)
- اِسْتَلْماكْ (istelmēk, “to be sought”)
- اِسْتَتْماكْ (istetmēk, “to make search”)
References edit
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “iste:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 243
Further reading edit
- al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, pages 272-273