آزماق
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *āŕ- (“to go astray, lose one's way”), whence the verb آزمق (azmak, “to stray, wander; to overflow”).
Noun
[edit]آزماق • (azmak) (definite accusative آزماغی (azmağı), plural آزماقلر (azmaklar))
- any artificial or temporary torrent or stream of water formed by the overflow of a river or from an inundation
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “آزماق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 44
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “azmak2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 406
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آزماق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 17
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “azmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آزماق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 81