tepelemek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تپه‌لمك (tepelemek, “to beat on the head; to hit”). By surface analysis, tepe +‎ -le +‎ -mek.

Verb

tepelemek

1. (literally) to strike on the head
2. to thrash, beat up, abuse

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تپه‌لمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 492
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tepelemek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تپه‌لمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 342
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN