Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اله ویرمك (ele virmek, vermek, to deliver up, to betray),[1][2] equivalent to el (the hand (organ); any stranger; land, domain) +‎ -e (dative suffix) +‎ vermek (to give, to hand), literally to give (someone or something) to (someone's) hand.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /eˈle.veɾ.mec/
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧ver‧mek

Verb edit

ele vermek (third-person singular simple present ele verir)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To inform on someone's offense, either to the authorities or publicly, in order to have them caught; to turn in, to rat out.
    Synonym: ihbar etmek
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To reveal, to give away, to make apparent.
    Synonyms: göstermek, ortaya çıkarmak, açığa vurmak

Conjugation edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اله ویرمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 179
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اله ویرمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 131

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