ئاشماق

Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai اشماق (ašmaq), from Khorezmian Turkic اشماق (/⁠ašmaq⁠/), from Karakhanid ااشْماقْ (ʾʾšmʾq /⁠āšmaq⁠/), from Proto-Common Turkic *āš-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɑʃmɑq/

Verb

ئاشماق • (ashmaq)

  1. (transitive) to increase
    Synonym: غولداماق (gholdamaq)
    بىلىم ئاشماق ― bilim ashmaq ― to increase knowledge
    دارامەت ئاشماق ― daramet ashmaq ― to increase income
    سوغى ئاشماق ― soghi ashmaq ― to catch cold
  2. (transitive) to exceed, to surpass
    تاغ داۋانلاردىن ئاشماق ― tagh dawanlardin ashmaq ― to tramp over a hill and a dale
    ئۇنىڭ يېشى ئەللىكتىن ئاشتى ― uning yëshi elliktin ashti ― his age exceeded fifty
  3. (intransitive) to remain

Derived terms

  • ئاشۇرماق (ashurmaq, “to cause to exceed”)

Further reading

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN, page 18
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