eşmek

See also: esmek

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Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ēĺ-. Compare Turkish eşmek below.

Verb

eşmek

  1. to grub
  2. to disarrange

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish اشمك (eşmek, “to dig up slightly, scratch the soil”), from Proto-Turkic *eĺ-.[1]

Cognate with Azerbaijani eşmək (“to tear”), Bashkir ишеү (işew, “to row”), Chagatai [script needed] (eşmek, “to dig”), Chuvash алтма (altma, “to dig”), Tuvan эжер (ejer, “to row”), эштир (eştir, “to swim”).

Verb

eşmek (third-person singular simple present eşer)

  1. (transitive) to scratch, dig (the soil) lightly
  2. (transitive) to research and investigate
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • eşme
  • eşiş
  • eşici
  • eşilmek
  • eşinmek
  • eştirmek
  • eşelemek
  • eşmemek
  • eşememek
  • eşebilmek

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish اشمك (eşmek, “to amble”), from Proto-Turkic *ẹĺ- (“to walk, trot, amble”).[2]

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (eş-, “to walk, trot”), Chuvash ишме (išme, “to plod”), Southern Altai эш- (eš-, “to walk, go”), Yakut ис (is, “to move”).

Verb

eşmek (third-person singular simple present eşer)

  1. (intransitive, for a horse) to trot

Conjugation

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ēĺ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ẹĺ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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