Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tɨkɨ- (to stuff in, press in);[1] cognate with Crimean Tatar tıqmaq and Southern Altai тыгар (tïgar).

Verb

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طیقمق (tıkmak)

  1. (transitive) to cram, stuff, thrust, squeeze in, to fill by packing or crowding something into

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: tıkmak
  • Armenian: թխմել (tʻxmel)

References

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

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