كرمك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ker- (“to spread out; to hang”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani gərmək, Bashkir киреү (kirew), Chuvash карма (karma), Kazakh керу (keru), Kyrgyz керүү (kerüü), Southern Altai кереер (kereer), Tatar киерү (kiyerü), Turkmen germek, Tuvan херер (xerer), Uyghur كەرمەك (kermek) and Uzbek kermoq.

Verb

كرمك • (germek) (third-person singular simple present كرر (gerer))

  1. (transitive) to stretch, strain, draw tight
    Synonym: قاصمق (kasmak)
  2. (transitive) to stretch out, extend

Derived terms

  • كركی (gergi, “stretched”)
  • كركین (gergin, “stretched tight”)
  • كرلمك (gerilmek, “to be stretched”)
  • كرمه (germe, “an act of stretching”)
  • كرنمك (gerinmek, “to stretch one's self”)
  • كوكس كرمك (göğüs germek, “to square up to”)
  • چارمیخه كرمك (çarmıha germek, “to crucify”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: germek
  • → Armenian: կէռմիշ (kēṙmiš)

Further reading

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