korkmak

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Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قورقمق (korkmak, to be afraid), itself from Proto-Turkic *kork-. Cognate with Azerbaijani qorxmaq, Crimean Tatar qorqmaq, Kazakh қорқу (qorqu), Kyrgyz коркуу (korkuu), Uzbek qoʻrqmoq, Chuvash хӑра (hăra).

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Verb

korkmak (third-person singular simple present korkar)

  1. (intransitive, + ablative) to fear
    Hangi hayvandan en çok korkarsın?
    What animal do you fear most?
  2. (intransitive, + ablative) to be afraid

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Further reading

  • korkmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu