ötmek

Crimean Tatar

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *et-mek (bread). Cognate with Turkish ekmek.

Noun

ötmek

  1. bread
    beyaz ötmekwhite bread
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *öt-. Compare Turkish ötmek below.

Verb

ötmek

  1. to sound (about booming sounds)
  2. to sing (only about birds)

References

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوتمك (ütmek, to resound, ring, echo, to sing; crow), from Proto-Turkic *öt- (to sing (of birds), say, ask).[1]

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (öt-, (of animals) to sing, make noise), [script needed] (ötün-, to ask, request), Chagatai [script needed] (ötmek, to say), Chuvash авӑтма (avătma, to sing), Turkmen ötünmek (to apologise), Yakut эт (et, to say).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /œtˈmec/
  • Hyphenation: öt‧mek

Verb

ötmek (third-person singular simple present öter)

  1. (intransitive) (of a bird) to sing; (of a cock) to crow
    Bir çöplükte iki horoz ötmez.Two roosters won't crow in the same dump. (A similar proverb to “If two ride on a horse, one must ride behind.”)
  2. (intransitive) (of a horn, a whistle) to blow, toot, hoot
  3. (intransitive) to chatter noisily, gab, babble
  4. (transitive, slang) to let the cat out of the bag, to spill the beans, to snitch

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • borusu ötmek
  • ötebilmek
  • ötememek
  • ötme
  • ötmemek
  • öttürmek
  • ötücü
  • ötülmek
  • ötüm
  • ötüş
  • ötüşmek

See also

  • şakımak

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ŏ́t`è (~-t-)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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