Turkish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oghuz *küs- (to be angry, offended),[1] from Oghuz كُسْماكْ (küsmēk).[2] Cognate to Azerbaijani küsmək, Gagauz küsmää.

Verb

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küsmek

  1. to sulk, not to speak with someone
    boşandıktan sonra anne ve baba birbirine küsmüştüler.
    after divorcing, the parents were no longer on speaking terms with one another.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*küs-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume II, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 12