kovmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوغمق (kovmak, “to expel, drive away, follow up”), from Proto-Turkic *kob- (“to follow, chase”).

Cognate with Karakhanid (kov-, “to follow, chase”), Azerbaijani qovmaq (“to drive away”), Bashkir ҡыуыу (qıwıw, “to chase”), Chuvash хума (huma, “to drive, hunt, chase”), Kazakh қуу (quu, “to chase, banish”), Kyrgyz куу (kuu, “to chase, hunt, drive”), Southern Altai куу- (kuu-, “to pursue, chase, follow”), Turkmen kowmak (“to dismiss, fire, discharge, exile”), Uzbek quvmoq (“to banish, drive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koʋ.mak/

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• Hyphenation: kov‧mak

Verb

kovmak (third-person singular simple present kovar)

1. (transitive) to drive (someone) away, to kick out, expel, get rid of

   Adamlar onu tehdit edip evden kovdular. ― Men threatened and kicked out

2. (transitive) to fire, sack

   Yaptığı düzensizlikler ortaya çıkınca hemen işten kovuldu. ― When the irregularities he made surfaced, he was sacked from his job immediately.

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