توكورمك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • توكرمك (tükürmek)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tüpkür- (“to spit”); cognate with Azerbaijani tüpürmək, Bashkir төкөрөү (tököröw), Kazakh түкіру (tükıru), Kyrgyz түкүрүү (tükürüü), Turkmen tüýkürmek, Uyghur تۈكۈرمەك (tükürmek) and Uzbek tupurmoq.

Verb

توكورمك • (tükürmek) (third-person singular aorist توكورور (tükürür))

  1. (ambitransitive) to spit, gob, spawl, to evacuate saliva or another substance from the mouth

Derived terms

  • توكورتمك (tükürtmek, “to make or let spit”)
  • صقالی توكورمك (sakalı tükürmek, “to show disdain”, literally “to spit at (someone's) beard”)
  • قان توكورمك (kan tükürmek, “to sweat blood”, literally “to spit blood”)
  • كوپوك توكورمك (köpük tükürmek, “to be overwrought”, literally “to spit foam”)
  • یوزه توكورمك (yüze tükürmek, “to show disdain”, literally “to spit at (someone's) face”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tükürmek

Further reading

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