durmak

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طورمق (durmak), from Proto-Turkic *tur- (to stand). Cognate with Kazakh тұру (tūru), Turkmen durmak, Crimean Tatar turmaq, Uzbek turmoq, Uyghur تۇرماق (turmaq), Azerbaijani durmaq, Tatar turu, Chuvash тӑр (tăr), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duɾmɑk/
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Verb

durmak (third-person singular simple present durur)

  1. to stop
    Yağmur durdu.
    The rain stopped.
  2. to stand; to sit still; to remain
  3. to last; to continue to be

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References

  • durmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طورمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1254
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN