تكه‌لمك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From تكه (teke, “billy-goat”) +‎ ـلمك (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

Verb

تكه‌لمك • (tekelemek)

1. (intransitive, for a male kid) to become full grown
2. (intransitive, for a billy-goat) to be in heat
3. (intransitive, figuratively) to become furious, or choleric

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تكه‌لمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 396
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تكه‌لمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 584