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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From دیش (diş, “tooth”) + ـلمك (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives). Compare Azerbaijani dişləmək and Crimean Tatar tişlemek.
Verb
دیشلمك • (dişlemek)
- (transitive) to bite, to cut into or hold something by clamping the teeth
- Synonym: اصرمق (ısırmak)
- (transitive) to nibble, to bite lightly, to take small bites out of something
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dişlemek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1245
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دیشلمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 598
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دیشلمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 936