دیشلمك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From دیش (diş, “tooth”) +‎ ـلمك (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives). Compare Azerbaijani dişləmək and Crimean Tatar tişlemek.

Verb

دیشلمك • (dişlemek)

1. (transitive) to bite, to cut into or hold something by clamping the teeth

   Synonym: اصرمق (ısırmak)

2. (transitive) to nibble, to bite lightly, to take small bites out of something

Descendants

• Turkish: dişlemek

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dişlemek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1245
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دیشلمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 598
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دیشلمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 936