سڤماك
Karakhanid
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *seb-. Compare Turkish sevmek.
Verb
سَڨْماكْ (sevmek) (third-person singular aorist سَڨارْ (sever))
- (transitive) to love
- اُلْ مَنٖی سَڨْدٖی ― ol meni sevdi ― he loved me
- (transitive) to like
- تَیْغانْ یُكُرْكَنِّ تِلْكُو سَڨْماسْ
- tayğan yügürgenni tilkǖ sevmes
- a fox does not like a running hound
Derived terms
- سَڨُكْ (sevük, “beloved”)
- سَڨُنْماكْ (sevünmek, “to rejoice”)
- سَڨِشْماكْ (sevišmek, “to love each other; to have sex”)
Descendants
Further reading
- al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume II, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 15