اوشمك
Old Anatolian Turkish
Alternative forms
- اشمك (üşmek)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Oghuz *ǖš-, contraction of Proto-Turkic *üy-iš-, itself a derivation from Proto-Turkic *üy-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y(ː)ʃˈmɛk/
Verb
اوشمك • (üşmek) (third-person singular aorist اوشر (üşer))
- (intransitive) to swarm, to gather around, to rally around, to gather in a place as a group, usually around something to consume or take advantage of
- 1330, Âşık Paşa, Garib-nâme, line 2824:
- جُنْكِمْ اُولْ نِعْمَتْ تَمَامْ قَیْنَرْ بِشَرْ
اُولْ بِشِنْجَه خَاسُ عَام اَنْدَه اُشَرْ- çünkim ol niʾmet temām qaynar bişer
ol bişince ḫās-u ʾām anda üşer - for that food completely boils and gets cooked
when it is cooked everyone far and near swarms there
- çünkim ol niʾmet temām qaynar bişer
Derived terms
- اوشهكلمك (üşegelmek, “to gather”)
Related terms
- اوشورمك (üşürmek, “to gather around”)
Descendants
- Azerbaijani: (dialectal) üyüşmək
- Gagauz: üüşmää
- Turkish: (dialectal) üşmek
- ⇒ Ottoman Turkish: اوششمك (üşüşmek)
- Turkish: üşüşmek
Further reading
- Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “üşmek”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 700