اورمق

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ur-. Compare Khalaj hurmaq, Turkmen urmak, Karakhanid اُرْماقْ (urmaq), Uyghur ئۇرماق (urmaq), Salar vur, Kyrgyz уруу (uruu).

Verb

اورمق • (urmaq) (third-person singular aorist اورور (urur))

1. (transitive) to hit

   Synonyms: چالمق (çalmaq), دوكمك (dögmek)

   ار اوغریی اوردی ― er oġrıyı urdı ― the man hit the thief

2. (transitive) to strike, to beat

   Synonyms: چالمق (çalmaq), دوكمك (dögmek)

   قولن اوردی ― qulın urdı ― he struck his slave

3. (transitive) to violently or crudely throw or put, to slam
   • 14th Century, anonymous author, Dresden Manuscript: Kitāb-ı Dedem Ḳorḳud Alā Lisān-ı Tāife-i Oġuzān:

     قره اشك باشنه اویان اورسك قاتر اولمز، قرواشه طون كیورسك قادین اولمز.

     qara eşek başına uyan ursaŋ qatır olmaz, qaravaşa ṭon gẹyürseŋ qadın olmaz.

     If you slam a bridle on a black donkey's head, it does not become a mule; if you dress a slave up with a royal dress, she does not become a queen.

4. (transitive) to shoot with a ranged weapon
5. (transitive) to raid, to invade
6. (transitive) to arrange, to order
7. (transitive) to slash, to penetrate

   Synonyms: بیچمك (biçmek), چالمق (çalmaq)

8. (transitive) to influence
9. (transitive) to scream, to shout

   Synonyms: چاغرمق (çaġırmaq), باغلامق (baġlamaq)

10. (transitive) to put on, to wear

    Synonyms: كیمك (gẹymek), طاقمق (ṭaqmaq)

11. (transitive) to express
12. (transitive) to smear, to spread, to rub

    Synonyms: سورمك (sürmek), اومق (ovmaq)

Derived terms

• اوردرمق (urdurmaq)
• اورش (urış, “hit, beating; war”)
• اورشمق (urışmaq, “to beat eachother”)
• اورغون (urġun, “invasion, raid”)
• اورلمق (urılmaq, “to get hit, to get shot”)
• اورلو (urlu, “beaten”)
• اورنلمق (urınılmaq, “to be dressed”)
• اورنمق (urınmaq, “to beat oneself”)
• اوروم (urum, “beating”)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: vurmaq
• Gagauz: urmaa
• Ottoman Turkish: اورمق (urmak), وورمق (vurmak)
  • Turkish: vurmak

Further reading

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “urmak”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 683
• XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[1] (in Turkish), volume VI, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1972, page 3967
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vurmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• وورمق (vurmak)
• ուրմագ (urmak), վուրմագ (vurmak) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اورمق (urmaq), from Proto-Turkic *ur-

Verb

اورمق • (urmak, vurmak)

1. to hit, to strike
2. to violently or crudely throw or put, to slam
3. to shoot with a ranged weapon

Descendants

• Turkish: vurmak

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اورمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 183