چمدك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čimdi- (“to nip”); cognate with Azerbaijani çimdik, Chagatai چیمدیك (çimdik), Chuvash чӗпӗт (čĕp̬ĕt), Qashqai جيمجيق (cimciq) and Turkmen çümmük.

Noun

چمدك • (çimdik) (definite accusative چمدكی (çimdiği), plural چمدكلر (çimdikler))

  1. pinch, nip, tweak, a close compression of anything with the fingers

Derived terms

  • چمدك باصمق (çimdik basmak, “to pinch”)
  • چمدك دیكیشی (çimdik dikişi, “kind of quilting stitch”)
  • چمدك پیده‌سی (çimdik pidesi, “kind of flat cake pinched in the middle”)
  • چمدكلتمك (çimdikletmek, “to make or let be pinched”)
  • چمدكلمك (çimdiklemek, “to pinch, to nip”)
  • چمدكلنمك (çimdiklenmek, “to be pinched”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çimdik

Further reading

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