sökmek

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Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sök-.

Verb

sökmek

  1. to rip

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “sökmek”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سوكمك (sökmek), from Proto-Turkic *sök- (to split, tear apart).[1][2]

Verb

sökmek (third-person singular simple present söker)

  1. (transitive) to rip out; to take out; to take down
    Yel ağacı yerinden söktü.The wind ripped the tree out of ground.
  2. (transitive) to dismantle, take apart; to rip, undo, unstitch; to unravel
  3. (transitive) to overcome, get through or over (a place difficult of passage), outgo
    Araba çamuru sökemedi gemi akıntıyı söktü.The car couldn't get out of the mud, but the ship got through the current.
  4. (transitive) to decipher (handwriting); to understand, get the meaning of (an abstruse passage)
  5. (transitive) to learn to read (an alphabet); to learn (to read)
  6. (transitive) (for a drug) to cause (mucus, urine, feces) to be discharged
  7. (intransitive, slang) to make a dent on (someone), affect (someone)

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References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sökmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*soke ( ~ -i̯u-, -k`-)”