دونمك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tȫn- (“to turn back, return”);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani dönmək, Karakhanid [script needed] (tȫnmēk) and Yakut төнүн (tönün).

Verb

دونمك • (dönmek)

  1. (intransitive) to turn, rotate, spin, gyrate, revolve, to move around an axis through itself
  2. (intransitive) to return, turn back, come back, to come or go back to a place or person
  3. (intransitive) to swerve, deviate, to wander from any line, course, rule, or duty prescribed
  4. (intransitive) to change, alter, convert, transform, to become something different than before
  5. (intransitive, religion) to convert, to undergo a conversion of religion, faith, creed, or belief

Derived terms

  • باش دونمك (baş dönmek, “to feel dizzy”)
  • دوندرمك (döndermek, “to make or let turn round”)
  • دونش (dönüş, “act or manner of turning”)
  • دونشمك (dönüşmek, “to revolve with another”)
  • دونم (dönüm, “turn, revolution, rotation”)
  • دونمه (dönme, “act of turning”)
  • دونوك (dönük, “turned, altered, changed”)
  • صوی دونمك (soy dönmek, “to degenerate”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: dönmek

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tö:n-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 515

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