Azerbaijani

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Cyrillic ешмәк
Abjad ائشمک

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ēĺ-.[1] Cognate with Turkish eşmek, Chuvash алт (alt).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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eşmək

  1. (transitive) to dig
    Synonym: qazmaq
  2. (transitive) to peck (at), to pick (at)
  3. (transitive) to stir, to turn over
  4. (transitive) to twist, to curl
    Synonym: burmaq
  5. (transitive) to braid, to plait
    Synonym: hörmək

Conjugation

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References

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