donmak

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طوڭمق (doñmak, to freeze, to become ice, to solidify, to become rigid), from Proto-Turkic *toŋ- (to freeze). Related to Turkish *doŋ (cold, frost) (for which see don). Possibly also related to Proto-Mongolic *daxara- (to freeze) and Proto-Tungusic *doŋota (cold, frost), or Middle Chinese (/⁠tuŋ⁠/, to freeze). Compare Mongolian даарах (daarax, to freeze up), Evenki доӈото (doŋoto, frost). Perhaps from a common source or a result of language contacts.

Verb

donmak (third-person singular simple present donar)

  1. (intransitive) freeze (to become solid due to low temperature), congeal
  2. (intransitive) to feel very cold, freeze
  3. (intransitive) to freeze to death
  4. (intransitive) to set, harden, solidify
  5. (intransitive) to freeze, remain motionless

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References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*doŋ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tuŋa”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill