ermek

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See also: érmék and érmek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ایرمك (ermek, to attain, reach, mature), from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄r- (to reach). According to Nişanyan it is akin to Old Turkic (er-, to be), see more at imek.

Cognate with Old Uyghur (er-, to reach), Khalaj (ẹ̄̂r-, to reach) and possibly Hungarian ér (to reach), thought to be a Turkic borrowing. Also related to Old Uyghur (ert-, to pass).

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ermek (third-person singular simple present erer)

  1. (intransitive) to attain, achieve
  2. (intransitive) to reach, be long enough to reach
  3. (intransitive) to ripen, become ripe, mature
  4. (intransitive) to attain sainthood; to be spiritually enlightened, reach spiritual perfection

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References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ī́re”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-06-11) “er-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük