taaramaa
Gagauz
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from Proto-Turkic *tār- (“to disperse”). If so, cognate with Turkish darmak (“to disperse [enemy in battle]”) and Turkish darlamak (“to bother”).
Verb
[edit]taaramaa
- to win
References
[edit]- Baskakov, N. A. (1991) İsmail Kaynak, A. Mecit Doğru, transl., Gagauz Türkçesinin Sözlüğü [The Dictionary of Gagauz Turkish] (in Turkish), Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, page 236
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ta:r-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 529
- Tietze, Andreas (2002, 2009) “dar-”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), Istanbul, Vienna, page 310