توكورمك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • توكرمك (tükürmek)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tüpkür- (“to spit”); cognate with Azerbaijani tüpürmək, Bashkir төкөрөү (tököröw), Kazakh түкіру (tükıru), Kyrgyz түкүрүү (tükürüü), Turkmen tüýkürmek, Uyghur تۈكۈرمەك (tükürmek) and Uzbek tupurmoq.

Verb

توكورمك • (tükürmek)

  1. (ambitransitive) to spit, to evacuate saliva or another substance from the mouth

Descendants

  • Turkish: tükürmek

Further reading

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