evermää

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اَوَرْمَكْ (evärmäk, “to give in marriage”), a derivation from اَوْ (ev, “house”). Compare Turkish evermek, Azerbaijani evərmək.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeveɾˈmæː/
  • Hyphenation: e‧ver‧mää

Verb

evermää

  1. (transitive) to give in marriage, to make someone married
    mamusu onu evermää istedi
    his mom wanted to give him in marriage

Further reading

  • Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 64
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