ارتاماك

Karakhanid

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *īrte- (“to seek, search”), from earlier *īŕte-. Doublet of اِسْتاماكْ (istēmēk, “to seek, pursue”).

Cognate with Turkish irdelemek (“to search, investigate”) and Yakut ирдээ (irdee, “to search, track down”).

Verb

اِرْتاماكْ (irtēmēk) (third-person singular aorist اِرْتارْ (irtēr))

1. (transitive) to seek, pursue

   اَرْ اٖيشِغْ اِرْتادٖى ― Er ï̄šïğ irtēdī. ― The man sought the affair.

Derived terms

• اِرْتَلْماكْ (irtelmēk, “to be sought”)
• اِرْتَشْ (irteš, “search”)
• اِرْتَشْماكْ (irtešmēk, “to scrutinize”)
• اِرْتَتْماكْ (irtetmēk, “to make search”)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “irte:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 208

Further reading

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 272