Turkish

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Etymology 1

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From Ottoman Turkish دولنمك (to rest), Old Anatolian Turkish دولنمك (dölenmek),[1][2] ultimately Proto-Turkic *döle-. Cognate with Turkish dölek. Çağbayır[2] considers senses third to sixth to be derived from the preceding.

Verb

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dölenmek

  1. to calm down, to get used to quiet down on way (dialect, Ankara, Niğde)
  2. to rest (dialect, Ankara)[3]
  3. to go towards (dialect, Niğde)
  4. to walk around (dialect, İzmir, Muğla)
  5. to disperse regularly (for herd) (dialect, Ankara)
  6. to settle down properly (dialect, Niğde, Adana)

Etymology 2

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Cognate with Turkish döletmek (to fix) (dialect, Mersin). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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dölenmek

  1. to be fixed (dialect, Ankara, Çankırı, Kırşehir, Kayseri, Niğde)

References

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  1. ^ Günay, Nesrin, “Türk dilinde eş anlamlılık ve “Gönül, yürek, kalp” kelimeleri”, in Türkbilig (2015), vol: 29, page: 121-146.[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dölenmek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1286
  3. ^ http://yukarikesekoyu.blogspot.com/2010/11/koy-konusmalar.html
  • dölenmek”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 4, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1969