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kamaşmak

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish قماشمق (ḳamaşmaḳ, for the eyes to be dazzled, for the teeth to be set on the edge),[1] from Proto-Turkic *kamaĺ- (eye or teeth to tingle, to prickle), from Proto-Turkic *kama- (to become blunt, to go numb).[2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.maʃˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧maş‧mak

Verb

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kamaşmak (third-person singular simple present kamaşır)

  1. (intransitive) For tongue, palate or teeth to become numb or tingle because of something sour.
  2. (intransitive) For eyes to rapidly and involuntarily blink due to touching or a bright light.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قماشمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1472
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*KĀma-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kamaş-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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  • kamaşmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu