buzamak

Turkish

Etymology

From Turkish buzağılamak or from Proto-Turkic *buŕa-. Cognate with Ottoman Turkish بوزلمق (buzalamak, “to bear a calf”) (15th century).

Verb

buzamak

1. to bear a calf (dialect, Ordu)

   Synonym: buzağılamak (doublet)

References

• “buzamak”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 2, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1965