اوچمق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *uč- (“to fly”); cognate with Azerbaijani uçmaq, Bashkir осоу (osow), Chuvash вӗҫ (vĕś), Kazakh ұшу (ūşu), Kyrgyz учуу (ucuu), Turkmen uçmak, Uyghur ئۇچماق (uchmaq) and Uzbek uchmoq.

Verb

اوچمق • (uçmak)

  1. (transitive) to fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
  2. (transitive) to evaporate, volatilize, to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state
  3. (transitive) to fade, to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color

Derived terms
  • اوچار (uçar, “flying, that flies”)
  • اوچرتمق (uçurtmak, “to make or let fly”)
  • اوچرمق (uçurmak, “to make or let fly”)
  • اوچشمق (uçuşmak, “to fly together”)
  • اوچمه (uçma, “act of flying”)
  • اوچنمق (uçunmak, “to make as though about to fly”)
  • چیغ اوچمق (çiğ uçmak, “for an avalanche to fall”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: uçmak

Further reading
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