yüzmek

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish یوزمك (yüzmek, “to swim, float”), from Proto-Turkic *yüŕ- (“to swim, float”).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰇𐰕 (yüz-, “to swim”), Karakhanid (yüzmēk, “to swim”), Azerbaijani üzmək (“to swim”), Bashkir йөҙөү (yöźöw, “to swim”), Kazakh жүзу (jüzu, “to swim”), Kyrgyz жүзүү (jüzüü, “to swim, float”), Turkmen ýüzmek (“to swim, float, sail”), Uyghur ئۈزمەك (üzmek, “to swim”), Uzbek yuzmoq (“to swim”).

Verb

yüzmek (third-person singular simple present yüzer)

1. (intransitive) to swim

   Sıcak günlerde havuzda yüzmeyi severim. ― I like swimming in the pool on warm days.

2. (intransitive) to float

Conjugation

Related terms

• yüzme
• yüzüş
• yüzücü
• yüzgeç
• yüzülmek
• yüzdürmek
• yüzmemek
• yüzememek
• yüzebilmek

See also

• dalmak
• süzülmek

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish یوزمك (yüzmek, “to skin, flay”), from Proto-Turkic *yüŕ- (“to peel off (skin), to skin”).

Compare Mongolian зорох (zorox, “to plane, shave, chip”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Cognate with Karakhanid (yüzmēk, “to skin”).

Verb

yüzmek (third-person singular simple present yüzer)

1. (transitive) to skin, flay

   Ölü koyunun derisini yüzdü. ― He/she flayed the skin from the dead sheep.

Synonyms

• kürek çekmek

References

Further reading

• yüzmek in Reverso (Turkish-English)