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چیكنه‌مك

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Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čayna- (to chew);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani çeynɘmɘk, Kazakh шайнау (şainau), Kyrgyz чайноо (caynoo), Salar çenegüsi, Turkmen çeýnemek and Uzbek chaynamoq.

Verb

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چیكنه‌مك (çiğnemek) (third-person singular aorist چیكنه‌ر (çiğner))

  1. (transitive) to chew, masticate, champ, to crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws
    Synonym: كومك (gevmek)
  2. (transitive) to trample, tread on, stomp, calcate, to crush something or someone by walking heavily on it
    Synonyms: آیاقلامق (ayaklamak), طبانلامق (tabanlamak)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Gagauz: çiinemää
  • Turkish: çiğnemek

References

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

Further reading

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