Crimean Tatar

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Verb

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silmek

  1. to seal, filling up with putty.

References

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

Turkish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  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