Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چوغالمق (çoğalmaḳ),[1][2] from چوق (çoḳ),[3] equivalent to çok (many, much) +‎ -al (verb-forming suffix) +‎ -mak. Cognate with Azerbaijani çoxalmaq, Kyrgyz чогулуу (coguluu), Karakhanid چُقْرَشْماقْ (çoḳraşmaḳ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃoːaɫˈmɑk/
  • Hyphenation: ço‧ğal‧mak
  • Rhymes: -mak

Verb edit

çoğalmak (third-person singular simple present çoğalır)

  1. (intransitive) To increase, to grow in amount or number, to multiply.
    Synonyms: artmak, fazlalaşmak, ziyadeleşmek

Conjugation edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چوغالمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 736
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چوغالمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 479
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çok”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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