ermek

See also: érmék and érmek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ايرمك (ermek, to attain, reach, mature), from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄r- (to reach).[1] According to Nişanyan it is akin to Old Turkic [script needed] (er-, to be),[2] see more at imek.

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (er-, to reach), Khalaj [script needed] (ẹ̄̂r-, to reach) and Hungarian ér (to reach), a Turkic borrowing. Also related to Old Uyghur [script needed] (ert-, to pass).

Verb

ermek (third-person singular simple present erer)

  1. (intransitive) to attain, achieve
  2. (intransitive) to reach, be long enough to reach
  3. (intransitive) to ripen, become ripe, mature
  4. (intransitive) to attain sainthood; to be spiritually enlightened, reach spiritual perfection

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References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *ī́re”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-06-11), er-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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