güreşmek

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Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كورشمك (güreşmek), from Common Turkic *küreš- (to wrestle, to struggle, to fight),[1] from *kür (courageous, bold).[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟy.ɾeʃˈmec/
  • Hyphenation: gü‧reş‧mek

Verb

güreşmek (third-person singular simple present güreşir)

  1. (intransitive, with -la, or ile, sports) to wrestle (with)
  2. (intransitive, with -la, or ile, figuratively) to struggle (with)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “küreş-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 747
  2. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kür”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 735
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “güreş-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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