Turkish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Ottoman Turkish طاپمق (tapmak, to find, meet; to bow down, worship), from Proto-Turkic *tap- (to serve, worship).[1] Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (tap-, to serve, worship).[2]

Verb edit

tapmak (third-person singular simple present tapar)

  1. (intransitive) to serve worship, regard sth. as divine
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to adore, idolize
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Etymology 2 edit

From Ottoman Turkish طاپمق (tapmak, to find), from Proto-Turkic *tap- (to find).[3] Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (tap-, to find),[2] etc.

Verb edit

tapmak (third-person singular simple present tapar)

  1. (transitive, obsolete, dialectal) to find
    Synonym: bulmak
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References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “tap”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. 2.0 2.1 Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tap-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tăp”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill