دیمك

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tē-.

Verb

دِیمَكْ • (demäk)

  1. (ditransitive) to say, to tell
    بُو دِیدُوكِی عُثْمَانْ نَسْلِی دُرْ
    bu dedügi 'osmān näsli-dür
    this which he is says is the generation of Osman
  2. (ditransitive) to call

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: demək
  • Gagauz: demää
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیمك (demek, dimek), տէմէք (demek)Armeno-Turkish

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dē- (to say, call).

Verb

دیمك • (demek, dimek) (third-person singular simple present دیر)

  1. to say
    Synonyms: سويلمك (söylemek), آیتمق (ayıtmak), بیورمق (buyurmak)
  2. to name, to call
  3. to mean

Derived terms

  • بن بن دیمك (ben ben demek, to be egoistic)
  • دیدرمك (dedirmek, didirmek, to make or let be said or spoken)
  • دینمك (denmek, dinmek, to be said, called)
  • دیه كورمك (diyegörmek, to continuously say)
  • سن دیمك (sen demek, to speak informally)
  • فاتحه دیمك (fatiha demek, to give it up for lost, give up hope on)
  • قش دیمك (kış demek, to say checkmate in chess)

Descendants

Adverb

دیمك • (demek)

  1. that is

Descendants

Further reading

  • Redhouse, J. W., Wells, Charles (1880) Redhouse's Turkish Dictionary, in Two Parts, English and Turkish, and Turkish and English, 2nd edition, London: Bernard Quartch, 15 Piccadilly, page 574b