طوتمق

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tut- (to grasp); cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰆𐱃 (t¹ut¹ /⁠tut-⁠/), Azerbaijani tutmaq, Bashkir тотоу (totow), Chuvash тыт (tyt), Kazakh тұту (tūtu), Kyrgyz тутуу (tutuu), Turkmen tutmak, Uyghur تۇتماق (tutmaq), Uzbek tutmoq and Yakut тут (tut).

Verb

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طوتمق (tutmak)

  1. (transitive) to hold, grasp, grip, clasp, to take hold, particularly with the hand
  2. (transitive) to catch, grab, seize, clutch, to deliberately take hold of
  3. (transitive) to seize, capture, to take control of by force or stratagem
  4. (transitive) to occupy, to take up, use, or fill space
  5. (transitive) to hire, engage, to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Gagauz: tutmaa
  • Turkish: tutmak

Further reading

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