Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish دیدنمك (didinmek), from Proto-Turkic *tet- (to strive, exert; bold, hero; clever, reasonable; cheerful, vigorous).[1]

Cognate with Tuvan дидинер (didiner, to strive), Karakhanid [script needed] (tetin-, to strive), etc.

Verb edit

didinmek (third-person singular simple present didinir)

  1. (transitive) to strive, to toil, to work hard

Conjugation edit

Synonyms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Ladino: djignishear

Further reading edit

  • didinmek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

References edit

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