اورتمك

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ȫrt-, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ȫr-. Cognate with Chuvash витме (vitme), Salar öttgüsi and Turkmen örtmek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /œrtˈmɛk/

Verb

اُورْتْمَكْ • (örtmek) (third-person singular aorist اورتر (örter))

  1. (transitive) to cover, veil, cloak, shroud, to place something over or upon, as to conceal, protect, or prevent from being seen
    Synonyms: بوریمك (bürimek), یاپمق (yapmaq), یاشمق (yaşmaq)
  2. (transitive) to hide, abscond, conceal, occult, to put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover
    Synonyms: صاقلامق (saklamak), كیزلمك (gizlemek), یاشمق (yaşmaq)
  3. (transitive) to deny, to reject, to refuse to accept, to forswear.
    Synonym: آزتمق (azıtmaq)

Derived terms

  • اورتجی (örtüci, that which covers)
  • اورترمك (örtürmek, to make conceal)
  • اورتلمك (örtilmek, to be covered)
  • اورتنمك (örtinmek, to cover oneself)
  • اورته‌قومق (örteqomaq, to cover and leave)
  • اورتولو (örtülü, covered, concealed)
  • اُورْتُو (örtü, cover)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: örtmək
  • Gagauz: örtmää
  • Ottoman Turkish: اورتمك (örtmek)

Further reading

  • XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[1] (in Turkish), volume V, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1971, page 3119
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “örtmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 543

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اُورْتْمَكْ (örtmek), from Proto-Turkic *ört- (to cover).

Verb

اورتمك • (örtmek) (third-person singular aorist اورتر (örter))

  1. (transitive) to cover, veil, cloak, shroud, to place something over or upon, as to conceal, protect, or prevent from being seen
    Synonym: قاپامق (kapamak)
  2. (transitive) to hide, abscond, conceal, occult, to put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover
    Synonyms: صاقلامق (saklamak), كیزلمك (gizlemek)
  3. (transitive) to shut, close, close up, to remove or block an opening, gap or passage through, as of doors, windows, etc.
    Synonym: قاپامق (kapamak)
Derived terms
  • اورتدرمك (örtdürmek, to make covered)
  • اورتلمك (örtülmek, to be covered)
  • اورتنمك (örtünmek, to put on as a covering)
  • اورتی (örtü, cover, wrap)
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 2

Ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *ört.

Verb

اورتمك • (örtemek) (third-person singular aorist اورتر (örter))

  1. (hapax legomenon, transitive) to burn

Further reading

  • “ortalamak”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[7] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977