صورمق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sōr(a)- (“to ask, inquire”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani sormaq, Bashkir һорау (horaw), Chuvash шыра (šyra), Kazakh сұрау (sūrau), Kyrgyz суроо (suroo), Turkmen soramak, Tuvan сураар (suraar), Uyghur سورىماق (sorimaq) and Uzbek soʻramoq.

Verb

صورمق • (sormak) (third-person singular simple present صورار (sorar))

  1. (transitive) to ask, ask about, inquire, query
    Synonym: سؤال ایتمك (suʼal etmek)
  2. (transitive) to interrogate, question, quiz

Derived terms

  • صوراق (sorak, “question; enquiry”)
  • صورش (soruş, “mode of enquiring”)
  • صورشمق (soruşmak, “to ask one another”)
  • صورلمق (sorulmak, “to be asked about”)
  • صوروق (soruk, “question; enquiry”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sormak

Further reading

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