coşmak

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جوشمق (cōşmak, to boil up, overflow, become lively), earliest attestation is from Old Anatolian Turkish (cōş, boil), ultimately from Common Turkic *čōš-. Either from Persian جوش (juš, boil, simmer) or directly from جوشیدن (jušidan, to heat, boil), however direct verb borrowings in Turkish historically has not been preferred. Cognate with Azerbaijani coşmaq, Turkmen jōşmak, Uzbek joshmoq, Uyghur (cuşqunlimaq), maybe also Kyrgyz чочуу (cocuu), Southern Altai чочыыр (čočïïr), Kazakh шошу (şoşu, to be frightened), etc.

Verb

coşmak (third-person singular simple present coşar)

  1. (intransitive) to get excited, enthusiastic, become exuberant, become ebullient
  2. (intransitive) to become turbulent; to become violent

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Further reading

  • Tekin, Talât (1995) Mehmet Ölmez, editor, Türk Dillerinde Birincil Uzun Ünlüler [Primary Long Vowels in Turkic Languages]‎ (in Turkish), 1st edition, Ankara: T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı, →ISBN, page 71