قازمه

Ottoman Turkish

قازمه

Etymology

From قازـ (kaz-, “to dig, grave”) +‎ ـمه (-ma).

Noun

قازمه • (kazma)

  1. verbal noun of قازمق (kazmak):
    1. digging, excavation, trenching, the act of digging out
    2. pickaxe, a heavy iron tool used to break stones or rocks
      Synonyms: صاقور (sakur), فاس (fas), كلنك (külünk)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kazma
  • → Adyghe: къазмэ (qazmɛ)
  • → Albanian: kazmë
  • → Arabic: قَزَم (qazam, “dwarf”)
  • → Armenian: խազմա (xazma)
  • → North Levantine Arabic: قَزْمَة (ʔazmi)
  • → North Mesopotamian Arabic: قَزْمَة (qazma)
  • → Egyptian Arabic: قَزْمَة (gazma)
  • → South Levantine Arabic: قَزْمَة (gazma)
  • Kurdish:
    → Northern Kurdish: qazme (“pick (digging tool)”)
    → Central Kurdish: قازمە (qazme, “pick (digging tool)”)
  • → Romanian: cazma

Adjective

قازمه • (kazma)

  1. dug, trenched, excavated

Further reading

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