imrenmek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish امرنمك (imrenmek, “to feel a longing”), cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (amran-, “to love, desire”). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ăm- (“gentle, quiet; to love, desire”).[1] Also related to Old Turkic [script needed] (amrıl-, “to be quiet”), [script needed] (amul, “gentle, quiet”),[2]

Verb

imrenmek (third-person singular simple present imrenir)

  1. (intransitive) to long for, feel an appetite for,
  2. (intransitive) to desire (something unobtainable), envy

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • imrenme
  • imreniş
  • imreni
  • imrenti
  • imrendirmek
  • imrenilmek
  • imrenmemek
  • imrenememek
  • imrenebilmek

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ăm-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-04-24) “imren-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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