كسمك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kes- (“to cut”).

Verb

كسمك • (kesmek)

1. to cut
2. to sever
3. to slice

Related terms

• كسك (kesik)
• كسكلك (kesiklik)
• كسكین (keskin)
• كسندی (kesindi, kesinti)

Descendants

• Turkish: kesmek

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كسمك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, columns 3954–3955
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كسمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1549