كبرمك
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Likely from Old Turkic [script needed] (kapar-, “to swell”) (by association with the swelling of decomposing corpses); if so, related to گبه (gebe, “pregnant”), گوبك (göbek, “navel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɟe.bɛɾ.mec/
Verb
گبرمك • (gebermek)
- to die
Descendants
- Turkish: gebermek
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كبرمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1522