صاچمق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sač- (to scatter, sprinkle); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰽𐰲 (sač-), Azerbaijani saçmaq, Bashkir сәсеү (səsew), Kazakh шашу (şaşu), Turkmen saçmak, Uyghur چاچماق (chachmaq), Uzbek sochmoq and Yakut ыс (ıs).

Verb

صاچمق • (saçmak) (third-person singular aorist صاچار (saçar))

  1. (transitive) to scatter, strew, disperse, sprinkle, dredge, to distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner
    Synonyms: دوكمك (dökmek), سرپمك (serpmek), صاورمق (savurmak), طاغتمق (dağıtmak)

Derived terms

  • آتش صاچمق (ateş saçmak, to scatter fire in all directions)
  • آقچه صاچمق (akça saçmak, to be munificent)
  • تخم صاچمق (tohum saçmak, to sow)
  • صاچدرمق (saçdırmak, to disseminate)
  • صاچشدرمق (saçışdırmak, to sprinkle, sow)
  • صاچق (saçık, disordered and scattered)
  • صاچلمق (saçılmak, to be scattered or sprinkled)
  • صاچمه (saçma, act of scattering or sprinkling)
  • صاچندی (saçındı, anything thrown and scattered)
  • صاچی (saçı, coins or millet strewn over a bride)
  • صاچیجی (saçıcı, one who scatteres or sprinkles)
  • قوم صاچمق (kum saçmak, to sand)
  • یاره‌یه طوز صاچمق (yaraya tuz saçmak, to add fuel to fire, literally to sprinkle salt on the wound)
  • یاش صاچمق (yaş saçmak, to shed tears profusely)

Descendants

  • Turkish: saçmak

Further reading