aşermek

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آش ارمك (aş ermek), from and clipping of آش یرمك (aş yermek), equivalent to aş (“cooked food”) +‎ yermek (“to dislike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʃæɾˈmec/
• Hyphenation: a‧şer‧mek

Verb

aşermek (third-person singular simple present aşerir or (rare) aşerer)

1. (for a pregnant woman) to crave odd foods

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 117
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 86

Further reading

• “aşermek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “aşermek”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı