Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kur- (to erect a building, to establish).[1]

Verb

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قورمق (kurmak)

  1. to establish, organize
  2. to set a trap
  3. to wind up a clock
  4. to cock a gun
  5. to lay a foundation
  6. to pitch a tent
  7. to lay out a camp
  8. to set materials in order for fermentation
  9. to plan, devise
  10. to form, constitute (a meeting)
  11. (intransitive) to take strange, mad fancies into one's head
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Descendants

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  • Turkish: kurmak

References

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