اولمق

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bōl-. Compare Turkmen bolmak.

Alternative forms

• بُولْمَقْ (bolmaq)

Verb

اُولْمَقْ (olmaq)

1. (copulative) to be

   اُولْ اُوكْدُكُمْ یُوجَه تَكْرِى دُوسْتْ اُولُوبَنْ مَدَدْ اِیرْسُونْ

   ol ögdügüm taŋrı dōst oluban mädäd ersün

   May that God, whom I praise, be a friend and a helping hand

2. (copulative) to become

   كُلْ دَپَه‌جُكْ اُولْمَزْ

   kül däpäcük olmaz

   ash doesn't become a little hill

3. (intransitive) to happen, to pass, to occur
4. (intransitive) to ripen, to mature

Derived terms

• اُولْغُنْ (olgun, “ripe”)

 

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: olmaq
• Gagauz: olmaa
• Ottoman Turkish: اولمق (olmak), بولمق (bolmak)
  • Turkish: olmak
  • → Armenian: օլմիշ (ōlmiš)

Etymology 2

Proto-Turkic *ula-

Verb

اُولَمَقْ (ulamaq)

1. to connect, to joint together, to attach, to add together

Derived terms

• اُولَشْمَقْ (ulaşmaq, “to reach”)
• اُولَقْ (ulaq, “representative, delegate”)

 

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: ulamaq
• Gagauz: ulamaa
• Ottoman Turkish: اولامق (ulamak)
  • Turkish: ulamak

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ulï-.

Verb

اُولِمَقْ (ulımaq)

1. (intransitive) to howl

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: ulamaq
• Gagauz: ulumaa
• Ottoman Turkish: اولومق (ulumak)
  • Turkish: ulumak

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish اُولْمَقْ (olmaq), بُولْمَقْ (bolmaq, “to become”), from Proto-Turkic *bōl- (“to become”).

Verb

اولمق • (olmak)

1. to become
2. to happen

Alternative forms

• بولمق (bolmak)

Related terms

• اولاسی (olası)
• اولاغان (olağan)
• اولان (olan)
• اولدرمق (oldurmak)
• اولدق (olduk)
• اولدقجه (oldukça)
• اولش (oluş)
• اولغون (olgun, “ripe, mature”)
• اولمز (olmaz)
• اولمه (olma)
• اولنمق (olunmak)
• اولوجی (olucu)
• اولور (olur)
• اولوشمق (oluşmak)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: olmak
• → Armenian: օլմիշ (ōlmiš)