تونکماق

Chagatai

Etymology

Inherited from Karakhanid تُنْكْماقْ (tunkmʾq /⁠toŋmaq⁠/), from Proto-Turkic *toŋ-.

Verb

تونکماق (toŋmaq)

  1. (intransitive) to freeze; to become solid
    Synonym: تونکلاماق (toŋlamaq)
  2. (intransitive) to freeze to death
  3. (intransitive) to freeze; to be affected by extreme cold

Derived terms

  • تونکولماق (toŋulmaq, “to become hopeless, to freeze”)

Descendants

  • Uyghur: توڭماق (tongmaq)
  • Uzbek: toʻngmoq

Further reading

  • Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “تونکمق”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎[1] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 249
  • el-Buhari, Süleyman Özbeki (1881) “تونكماق”, in لغت چغتای و ترکی عثمانی [Ottoman Turkish-Chagatai Dictionary]‎[2] (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 1, page 128
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