silmek

Crimean Tatar

Verb

silmek

  1. to seal, filling up with putty.

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سلمك (silmek, to wipe, wash and scrub, rub off or out), from Proto-Turkic *sīl- (to wipe, rub).[1]

Verb

silmek (third-person singular simple present siler)

  1. (transitive) to wipe, wipe up, wipe away
  2. (transitive) to rub sth. on, spread something on/over; to smear sth. on
  3. (transitive) to clean, sweep, rub, rub off, furbish
  4. (transitive) to erase, rub out
  5. (transitive, computing) to delete
  6. (transitive) to eat up every morsel of
  7. (transitive) to destroy, sweep everything away; to make a clean sweep of, get rid of, rule out

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References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *sīl-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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