Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (sür-, to drive away, spend time, go ahead, advance (of time)), from Proto-Turkic *sǖr- (to drive away).[1]

Verb

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سورمك (sürmek)

  1. to drive
  2. to drive away
  3. to banish
  4. to push along, propel
  5. to advance, push forward
  6. to send, exile, expel
  7. to sell (goods) on (the market)
  8. to circulate
  9. to continue, go on, last
  10. to plow (a field).
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Turkish: sürmek

Etymology 2

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From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (sür-, to rub), from Proto-Turkic *sür(-t)- (to rub, smear).[2] Cognate with سورتمك (sürtmek).

Verb

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سورمك (sürmek)

  1. to rub on something, to spread, smear
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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sū́ri”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ši̯ŭ́re”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill