emzirmek

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Proto-Turkic *emüŕ- (to suckle).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /em.ziɾ.mec/
  • Hyphenation: em‧zir‧mek

Verb[edit]

emzirmek (third-person singular simple present emzirir)

  1. (transitive) to suckle, breastfeed
    Çaresiz kadın! O kadarcık soğukta cılız bebeğini emzirmeye çalışıyordu.
    Poor woman! She was trying to breastfeed her skinny child in this cold.

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