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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *türt- (“to butter”), even though the change of meaning from to butter to to prod, goad is unclear. Cognate with Azerbaijani dürtmək, Kyrgyz түртүү (türtüü) and Uzbek turtmoq.
Verb
دورتمك • (dürtmek)
- (transitive) to poke, prod, jab, to push with an object such as a stick or a finger
- (transitive) to goad, prod, to prick draught animals with a long and pointed stick
- (transitive, figuratively) to incite, spur, instigate, to rouse or goad into action
- Synonym: كوروكلمك (körüklemek)
Derived terms
- دورتدرمك (dürtdürmek, “to make or let be prodded”)
- دورتش (dürtüş, “a single prod”)
- دورتشمك (dürtüşmek, “to gently push or prod”)
- دورتلمك (dürtülmek, “to be pushed or prodded”)
- دورتی (dürtü, “goad, prod”)
- دورتیجی (dürtücü, “someone who goads or prods”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dürtmek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1330
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “دورتمك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 232a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دورتمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 585
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Stimulare”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1598
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دورتمك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2162
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dürt-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دورتمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 920