كوروكلمك
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From كوروك (körük, “bellows”) + ـلمك (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).
Verb[edit]
كوروكلمك • (körüklemek)
- (transitive) to bellows, to direct air at something using a bellows
- (transitive, figuratively) to instigate, incite, especially a fight or riot
- Synonym: دورتمك (dürtmek)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: körüklemek
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “körüklemek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2795
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوروكلمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1051
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوروكلمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1591