پوصمق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bus- (“to hide, lay an ambush”); cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (bus-, “to ambush”), Azerbaijani pusmaq (“to spy”), Bashkir боҫоу (bośow, “to hide, lurk”), Turkmen busmak (“to hide”) and Uzbek pismoq.

Verb

پوصمق • (pusmak)

  1. (intransitive) to crouch, bend down, stoop low, to stand close to the ground
  2. (intransitive) to lie in wait, to be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone
  3. (intransitive) to cringe, cower, shrink, recoil or flinch, usually in fear

Descendants

  • Turkish: pusmak

Further reading

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