چاقمق

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *č(i)ak- (“to hit, strike”) [1]

Verb

چَاقْمَقْ • (çaqmaq)

  1. (transitive) to make ignite, to start a fire, usually with a flint stone
  2. (transitive) to hit, to strike
  3. (transitive, figurative, of people) to divide, to separate by making them hate each other
  4. (transitive) to reflect
  5. (transitive) to expose, to reveal the truth

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: çaxmaq
  • Gagauz: çakmaa
  • Ottoman Turkish: چاقمق (çakmak)
    • Turkish: çakmak
    • → Armenian: չախմիշ (čʻaxmiš)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çakmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük.

Further reading

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish چَاقْمَقْ (çaqmaq), from Proto-Turkic *č(i)ak- (“to hit, strike”); cognate with Azerbaijani çaxmaq.

Verb

چاقمق • (çakmak)

  1. (transitive) to drive, nail, to provide an impetus for motion or other physical change
    Synonym: قاقمق (kakmak)
  2. (transitive) to strike, to cause or produce suddenly by a stroke, as fire by friction
  3. (transitive) to snap at someone or something, to attempt to seize or bite with the teeth
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to obstentatiously exhibit subservient devotion towards a superior

Derived terms

  • آتش چاقمق (ateş çakmak, “to strike fire”)
  • چاقدرمق (çakdırmak, “to make or let be nailed on”)
  • چاقشمق (çakışmak, “to elicit fire from one another”)
  • چاقلمق (çakılmak, “to be driven in, like a nail”)
  • چاقم (çakım, “a single act of striking”)
  • چاقمه (çakma, “the act of striking or nailing”)
  • چاقیش (çakış, “a way or manner of striking”)
  • چاقین (çakın, “sparkle”)
  • چاقماق (çakmak, “firestriker, firesteel”)
  • چاقی (çakı, “penknife, clasp.knife”) ?

Descendants

  • Turkish: çakmak
  • → Armenian: չախմիշ (čʻaxmiš)

Further reading

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