اوتورمق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • اوترمق (oturmak), اوطرمق (oturmak), اوطورمق (oturmak)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (otur-, to sit), from Proto-Turkic *oltur- (to sit). Cognate with Azerbaijani oturmaq, Bashkir ултырыу (ultırıw), Kazakh отыру (otyru), Kyrgyz отуруу (oturuu), Turkmen oturmak, Uyghur ئولتۇرماق (olturmaq), Uzbek oʻtirmoq and Yakut олор (olor).

Verb

اوتورمق • (oturmak) (third-person singular aorist اوتورور (oturur))

  1. (intransitive) to sit, to be in a resting position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks
    Synonyms: جلوس ایتمك (culus etmek), نشست ایتمك (nişest etmek)
  2. (intransitive) to live, dwell, reside, lodge, to settle or have a residence permanently or for a considerable time
    Synonym: اقامت ایتمك (ikâmet etmek)
  3. (intransitive, nautical) to strand, run aground, beach, to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float

Derived terms

  • آشاغی اوتورمق (aşağı oturmak, to sit in a lower position)
  • اكری اوتورمق (eğri oturmak, to sit in an unseemly posture)
  • اوتوراق (oturak, rest, halt; chamber pot)
  • اوتورتمق (oturtmak, to seat)
  • اوتوردلمق (oturdulmak, to be seated)
  • اوتورش (oturuş, a manner of sitting)
  • اوتورشمق (oturuşmak, to sit down together in company)
  • اوتورغان (oturgan, given to sitting or halting)
  • اوتورلمق (oturulmak, to be suitable for sitting on)
  • اوتورم (oturum, seat, sitting)
  • اوتورمه (oturma, sitting)
  • ایچنده اوتورمق (içinde oturmak, to inhabit, live in)
  • دیز دیزه اوتورمق (diz dize oturmak, to sit close together)
  • راحت اوتورمق (rahat oturmak, to sit in a comfortable posture)
  • شابه اوتورمق (şaba oturmak, to be in great distress, literally to ground on a coral reef)
  • طوغری اوتورمق (doğrı oturmak, to sit properly)
  • قان اوتورمق (kan oturmak, to leave a blood blister)
  • قولوچقه‌یه اوتورمق (koloçkaya oturmak, to sit on eggs, brood)
  • كول اوزره اوتورمق (kül üzre oturmak, to be in great poverty or need)
  • كوپ اوزرنده اوتورمق (küp üzerinde oturmak, to gain a lot of riches, literally to sit on a jar)
  • یوقاری اوتورمق (yukarı oturmak, to sit in a higher position)

Descendants

  • Turkish: oturmak

Further reading