Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish دیز چوكمك (diz çökmek, to kneel down),[1] from دیز (diz, knee) and چوكمك (çökmek, to collapse, to kneel or crouch down), equivalent to diz +‎ çökmek. Cognates with Azerbaijani diz çökmək, Uzbek tiz choʻkmoq.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiz.t͡ʃœc.mec/
  • Hyphenation: diz‧çök‧mek

Verb edit

diz çökmek (third-person singular simple present diz çöker)

  1. (intransitive) To sit down by putting one's knees down; to kneel down.
  2. (intransitive, with dative) To bow down, to bend the knee, to genuflect.
    Synonyms: dize gelmek, baş eğmek, boyun eğmek

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References edit

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دیز چوكمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 935

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