دیمك

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tē-.

Verb

دِیمَكْ (demäk)

1. (ditransitive) to say, to tell

   بُو دِیدُوكِی عُثْمَانْ نَسْلِی دُرْ

   bu dedügi 'osmān näsli-dür

   this which he is says is the generation of Osman

2. (ditransitive) to call

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: demək
• Gagauz: demää
• Ottoman Turkish: دیمك (demek, dimek), տէմէք (demek) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: demek

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• տէմէք (demek) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dē- (“to say, call”).

Verb

دیمك • (demek, dimek) (third-person singular simple present دیر)

1. to say

   Synonyms: سويلمك (söylemek), آیتمق (ayıtmak), بیورمق (buyurmak)

2. to name, to call
3. to mean

Derived terms

• بن بن دیمك (ben ben demek, “to be egoistic”)
• دیدرمك (dedirmek, didirmek, “to make or let be said or spoken”)
• دینمك (denmek, dinmek, “to be said, called”)
• دیه كورمك (diyegörmek, “to continuously say”)
• سن دیمك (sen demek, “to speak informally”)
• فاتحه دیمك (fatiha demek, “to give it up for lost, give up hope on”)
• قش دیمك (kış demek, “ to say checkmate in chess”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: demek

Adverb

دیمك • (demek)

1. that is

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: демек (demek)
• → Macedonian: демек (demek)

Further reading

• Redhouse, J. W., Wells, Charles (1880) Redhouse's Turkish Dictionary, in Two Parts, English and Turkish, and Turkish and English, 2nd edition, London: Bernard Quartch, 15 Piccadilly, page 574b