sarmaa

Gagauz

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *saru- (to wind around), the same root of Azerbaijani sarımaq and Turkish sarmak.[1]

Verb

sarmaa

  1. (transitive) to twist, wind, wrap

References

  1. ^ András Rajki, A Concise Gagauz Dictionary with etymologies and Turkish, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar and Turkmen cognates, 2007