See also: érmék and érmek

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish ایرمك (ermek, to attain, reach, mature), from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄r- (to reach).[1] According to Nişanyan it is akin to Old Turkic [script needed] (er-, to be),[2] see more at imek.

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (er-, to reach), Khalaj [script needed] (ẹ̄̂r-, to reach) and possibly Hungarian ér (to reach), thought to be a Turkic borrowing. Also related to Old Uyghur [script needed] (ert-, to pass).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ermek (third-person singular simple present erer)

  1. (intransitive) to attain, achieve
  2. (intransitive) to reach, be long enough to reach
  3. (intransitive) to ripen, become ripe, mature
  4. (intransitive) to attain sainthood; to be spiritually enlightened, reach spiritual perfection

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References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ī́re”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-06-11) “er-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük