گبرمك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• كبرمك (gebermek)

Etymology

Likely from Old Turkic [script needed] (kapar-, “to swell”) (by association with the swelling of decomposing corpses); if so, related to گبه (gebe, “pregnant”), گوبك (göbek, “navel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟe.bɛɾ.mec/

Verb

گبرمك • (gebermek)

1. to die

Descendants

• Turkish: gebermek

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كبرمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1522