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سوزمك

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *süŕ- (to strain, filter);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani süzmək, Bashkir һөҙөү (höźöw), Chuvash сӗрме (sĕrme), Kazakh сүзу (süzu), Kyrgyz сүзүү (süzüü), Tatar сөзү (sözü), Uyghur سۈزمەك (süzmek) and Uzbek suzmoq.

Verb

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سوزمك (süzmek) (third-person singular aorist سوزر (süzer))

  1. (transitive) to strain, filter, percolate, to separate solid from liquid by using a filter
    Synonym: فیلتره ایتمك (filtre etmek)
  2. (transitive, by extension) to examine, inspect, scrutinize, survey, to observe carefully
    Synonym: تفتیش ایتمك (teftiş etmek)
  3. (transitive, by extension) to half close the eyes from drowsiness, intoxication or rapture

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: süzmek
  • Armenian: սիւզմիշ (siwzmiš)

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*süŕ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

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