دورتمك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *türt- (“to butter”), even though the change of meaning from to butter to to prod, goad is unclear. Cognate with Azerbaijani dürtmək, Kyrgyz түртүү (türtüü) and Uzbek turtmoq.

Verb

دورتمك • (dürtmek)

1. (transitive) to poke, prod, jab, to push with an object such as a stick or a finger
2. (transitive) to goad, prod, to prick draught animals with a long and pointed stick
3. (transitive, figuratively) to incite, spur, instigate, to rouse or goad into action

   Synonym: كوروكلمك (körüklemek)

Derived terms

• دورتدرمك (dürtdürmek, “to make or let be prodded”)
• دورتش (dürtüş, “a single prod”)
• دورتشمك (dürtüşmek, “to gently push or prod”)
• دورتلمك (dürtülmek, “to be pushed or prodded”)
• دورتی (dürtü, “goad, prod”)
• دورتیجی (dürtücü, “someone who goads or prods”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: dürtmek

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dürtmek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1330
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “دورتمك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 232a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دورتمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 585
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Stimulare”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1598
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دورتمك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2162
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dürt-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دورتمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 920