پۈتمەك
Uyghur
Etymology 1
Inherited from Chagatai بیتماک (bitimäk), from Khorezmian Turkic بتیماک (/bitimäk/), from Proto-Turkic *biti-, itself from Middle Chinese 筆 (pit, “writing brush”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 (b²it²i).
Verb
پۈتمەك • (pütmek)
- (transitive) to write down
- دەپتەرگە پۈتمەك ― depterge pütmek ― to write down in a notebook
Derived terms
- پۈتۈك (pütük, “document, letter”)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Chagatai بوتماک (bütmäk), from Proto-Turkic *büt-. Cognate with Turkish bitmek.
Verb
پۈتمەك • (pütmek)
- (intransitive) to be completed, concluded: to finish
- بىنا پۈتتى ― bina pütti ― the building was completed
- (intransitive) to be headed, to heal
- (intransitive) to be stuffed
- (intransitive) to be hoarse
- (intransitive) to be deaf or hard of hearing, to struggle to hear
- (transitive) to believe, to trust
- باشقىلارنىڭ سۆزىگە پۈتمەك ― bashqilarning sözige pütmek ― to believe other people's words
- (transitive) to lend
Derived terms
Further reading
- Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN, page 137