ermek
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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایرمك (ermek, “to attain, reach, mature”), from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄r- (“to reach”).
cognates
Cognate with Old Uyghur (er-, “to reach”) and (ert-, “to pass”), Azerbaijani ermək, and Khalaj (ẹ̄̂r-, “to reach”).
Possibly cognate with Hungarian ér (“to reach”), thought to be a Turkic borrowing, and, according to Nişanyan, Old Turkic (er-, “to be”). See more at imek.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: er‧mek
Verb
ermek (third-person singular simple present erer)
- to attain, achieve
- Synonym: ulaşmak
- to reach, be long enough to reach
- to ripen, become ripe, mature
- Synonym: olgunlaşmak
- to attain sainthood, to be spiritually enlightened, to reach spiritual perfection
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-06-11) “er-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “ermek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ermek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “ermek”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı