sürünmek

Turkish

Etymology

From سورونمك or Ottoman Turkish سورنمك (sürünmek, “to rub something on or in, to rub one's self against, to crawl or grovel on the ground”), from Ottoman Turkish سورمك (sürmek, “to drive before one, to push along, to drive away, to rub on, to go on, to extend”), from Proto-Turkic *sür- (“to drive before one, to herd, to drive away”), morphologically sür- +‎ -ün- +‎ -mek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.ɾynˈmec/
• Hyphenation: sü‧rün‧mek

Verb

sürünmek (third-person singular simple present sürünür)

1. (intransitive) To creep, to crawl on one's belly, to grovel.
2. (transitive) To rub a perfume or cream on one's self.
3. (with dative) To brush past something.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To live miserably, to live in poverty.

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Further reading

• “sürünmek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu