kesilmek
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish كسلمك (kesilmek), equivalent to kes- + -il.
Verb[edit]
kesilmek (third-person singular simple present kesilir)
- passive of kesmek: to be cut, etc.
- (figuratively) to be cut off, to be interrupted
- 1938 July 22, headline in Kurun page 1:
- Rus-Japon müzakereleri kesildi
- Russian-Japanese talks broken off
- 1938 July 22, headline in Kurun page 1:
References[edit]
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كسلمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1549