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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سوروكلمك (sürüklemek). Related to sürmek.
Verb
sürüklemek (third-person singular simple present sürükler)
- to drag (pull along the ground)
- Synonym: sürümek
- to carry, transport, take away
- Synonym: götürmek
- (figurative) to drag (bring a reluctant person along)
- (nautical) to move a ship from its anchor or mooring by force of wind or water
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sürüklemek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4396
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sürüklemek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سوروكلمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1090
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN