Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish قاورامق (kavramak), from Proto-Turkic *k(i)arba- (to grope, grasp).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kavramak

  1. to grasp, to comprehend

Conjugation

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See also

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References

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