Crimean Tatar edit

Verb edit

silmek

  1. to seal, filling up with putty.

References edit

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish سلمك (silmek, to wipe, wash and scrub, rub off or out), from Proto-Turkic *sīl- (to wipe, rub).[1]

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

silmek (third-person singular simple present siler)

  1. (transitive) to wipe, wipe up, wipe away
  2. (transitive) to rub sth. on, spread something on/over; to smear sth. on
  3. (transitive) to clean, sweep, rub, rub off, furbish
  4. (transitive) to erase, rub out
  5. (transitive, computing) to delete, uninstall
  6. (transitive) to eat up every morsel of
  7. (transitive) to destroy, sweep everything away; to make a clean sweep of, get rid of, rule out

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References edit

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