بودامق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *būta- (to cut branches); cognate with Azerbaijani budamaq, Kazakh бұтау (būtau), Kyrgyz бутоо (butoo), Southern Altai будаар (budaar), Turkmen pūdamak and Uzbek putamoq.

Verb

بودامق • (budamak) (third-person singular aorist بودار (budar))

  1. (transitive) to lop, prune, pollard, to trim or remove excess material from a tree or shrub to make it more healthy or productive

Derived terms

  • آصمه‌لر بودامق (asmalar budamak, to talk about futile things, literally to prune vineyards)
  • بوداتمق (budatmak, to make or let be pruned)
  • بودانتی (budantı, loppings, prunings)
  • بودانش (budanış, a mode or degree of being pruned)
  • بودانلمق (budanılmak, to be pruned or lopped)
  • بودانمق (budanmak, to be pruned or lopped)
  • بودایجی (budayıcı, pruner, lopper)

Descendants

  • Turkish: budamak
  • Armenian: պուտամիշ (putamiš)

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