قازمه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قازـ (kaz-, “to dig, grave”) +‎ ـمه (-ma).

Noun

قازمه • (kazma) (definite accusative قازمه‌یی (kazmayı), plural قازمه‌لر (kazmalar))

  1. verbal noun of قازمق (kazmak):
    1. digging, excavation, trenching, effossion, the act performed by a person or thing that digs
      Synonyms: احتفار (ihtifâr), تجویف (tecvif)
    2. pickaxe, pick, any heavy iron tool with a pointed end used to break soil, stones, or rocks
      Synonyms: صاقور (sakur), فاس (fas), كلنك (külünk)

Adjective

قازمه • (kazma)

  1. dug, delved, trenched, excavated, whose material has been removed by hands, claws, or equipment
    Synonyms: اشمه (eşme), اویمه (oyma)

Derived terms

  • باغحی قازمه‌سی (bağcı kazması, “trencher's pickaxe”)
  • بالطه‌لو قازمه (baltalı kazma, “pick and hatchet in one”)
  • قازمه كورك (kazma kürek, “the gravedigger's tool”)
  • قازمه‌جی (kazmacı, “sapper”)
  • كولنك قازمه (külünk kazma, “mattock with two broad points”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kazma
  • → Adyghe: къазмэ (qazmɛ)
  • → Albanian: kazmë
  • → Arabic: قَزَم (qazam, “dwarf”)
  • → Armenian: խազմա (xazma)
  • Kurdish:
    → Northern Kurdish: qazme (“pick (digging tool)”)
    → Central Kurdish: قازمە (qazme, “pick (digging tool)”)
  • → North Levantine Arabic: قَزْمَة (ʔazmi)
  • → North Mesopotamian Arabic: قَزْمَة (qazma)
  • → Egyptian Arabic: قَزْمَة (gazma)
  • → Romanian: cazma
  • → South Levantine Arabic: قَزْمَة (gazma)

Further reading

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