süzmek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سوزمك (süzmek, to strain, filter, to examine carefully), from Proto-Turkic *süŕ- (to strain, filter). Compare Hungarian szűr (to strain, filter), an early Turkic borrowing from the Bulgar language. Akin to Proto-Mongolic *sür- (to sprinkle), (Mongolian шүрших (šürših, to spatter)) and Proto-Tungusic *sir- (to strain, press out, to milk) (Evenki сир (sir-, to squeeze, milk)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [syzˈmec]
  • Hyphenation: süz‧mek

Verb

süzmek (third-person singular simple present süzer)

  1. (transitive) to infiltrate, to strain, filter, to separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander
  2. (transitive) to examine or observe carefully, eye

Conjugation

  • süzdürmek
  • süzebilmek
  • süzek
  • süzememek
  • süzgeç
  • süzgü
  • süzgün
  • süzme
  • süzmemek
  • süzücü
  • süzük
  • süzülmek
  • süzünmek
  • süzüntü
  • süzüş
  • süzüşmek

References

  • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *süŕ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “süz-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 861
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