Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *ob- (to crush, mince, grind).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (uv-, to crumble, pulverize), Azerbaijani ovmaq (to crumble, massage), Bashkir ыуыу (ıwıw, to grind, pound), Southern Altai ӧй (öy, to rub).

Verb edit

ovmak (third-person singular simple present ovar)

  1. (transitive) to massage, knead, rub
    Bileklerimi kolonya ile ovdum.
    I rubbed my wrists with cologne.
  2. (transitive) to rub, scrub, scour

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References edit

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