Turkish

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Etymology

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From سورونمك or Ottoman Turkish سورنمك (sürünmek, to rub something on or in, to rub one's self against, to crawl or grovel on the ground),[1] from Ottoman Turkish سورمك (sürmek, to drive before one, to push along, to drive away, to rub on, to go on, to extend), from Proto-Turkic *sür- (to drive before one, to herd, to drive away),[2] morphologically sür- +‎ -ün- +‎ -mek.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sy.ɾynˈmec/
  • Hyphenation: sü‧rün‧mek

Verb

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sürünmek (third-person singular simple present sürünür)

  1. (intransitive) To creep, to crawl on one's belly, to grovel.
  2. (transitive) To rub a perfume or cream on one's self.
  3. (with dative) To brush past something.
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) To live miserably, to live in poverty.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سورنمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1090
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sürün-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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  • sürünmek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu