سوزمك

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *süŕ- (to strain, filter);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani süzmək, Bashkir һөҙөү (höźöw), Chuvash сӗрме (sĕrme), Kazakh сүзу (süzu), Kyrgyz сүзүү (süzüü), Tatar сөзү (sözü), Uyghur سۈزمەك (süzmek) and Uzbek suzmoq.

Verb

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سوزمك (süzmek)

  1. (transitive) to strain, filter, percolate, separate solid from liquid
  2. (transitive, by extension) to examine, inspect, observe carefully
  3. (transitive) to half close the eyes from drowsiness, intoxication or rapture

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: süzmek
  • Armenian: սիւզմիշ (siwzmiš)

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*süŕ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

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