كماك
Karakhanid
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *köm- (“to bury”).[1] Cognate with Turkish gömmek.
Verb
[edit]كُمّاكْ (kömmēk)
- (transitive) to bury
- اُلْ اُلُكْنىِ كَمْدىِ ― Ol ölügnī kömdī. ― S/he buried the dead.
Derived terms
[edit]- كُمَجْ (kömeç, “bread baked in ashes”)
- كُمْتُرْماك (kömtürmēk, “to make bury”)
- كُمُنْماك (kömünmēk, “to be buried”)
- كُمُشْماك (kömüşmēk, “to aid in burying”)
References
[edit]- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “köm-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 721
Further reading
[edit]- al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume II, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 27
- al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Ercilasun, Ahmet B., Akkoyunlu Ziyat, transl., Kâşgarlı Mahmud Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Giriş - Metin - Çeviri - Notlar - Dizin [Mahmud al-Kashgari's “Compendium of the languages of the Turks” Introduction - Texts - Translation - Notes - Index] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1120) (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 2020, →ISBN, page 241