püskürmek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پوسكورمك (püskürmek). Onomatopoeic in the older root form püf or püs. Compare Azerbaijani püskürmək.

Verb

püskürmek (third-person singular simple present püskürür)

1. to sputter, to splutter
2. to scatter, drive away
3. (geology) (for a volcano) to erupt

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “püskürmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پوسكورمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 458
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN