evermää

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اَوَرْمَكْ (evärmäk, “to give in marriage”), a derivation from اَوْ (ev, “house”). Compare Turkish evermek, Azerbaijani evərmək.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeveɾˈmæː/
• Hyphenation: e‧ver‧mää

Verb

evermää

1. (transitive) to give in marriage, to make someone married

   mamusu onu evermää istedi

   his mom wanted to give him in marriage

Related terms

• ev
• evlenmää

 

Further reading

• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 64