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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish اورمجك (örümcek), اورومجك (örümcek), from Proto-Turkic *ȫrmekči (“spider”). Cognate with Old Turkic (örümçek), Azerbaijani hörümçək, Bashkir үрмәксе (ürməkse), Gagauz örümcä, Tatar үрмәкүч (ürmäküç), Uyghur ئۆمۈچۈك (ömüchük), Uzbek oʻrgimchak (“spider”). Literally, “the knitter”. More at örmek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ö‧rüm‧cek
Noun
örümcek (definite accusative örümceği, plural örümcekler)
- spider
- Synonyms: arahna, araḫana, rahna, rağna, arıstak, ağılı pöy, pöy, payak, büğe, yelbiz, ilbiz, elbiz, sart, sayıt, gibi, ekkin, cülḫe, balaban (all dialectal)
- spiderweb
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- örümcek in Reverso (Turkish-English)