بورمق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bur- (“to twist, to wring”); cognate with Azerbaijani burmaq.

Verb

بورمق • (burmak)

  1. (transitive) to twist, wring, screw, to turn the ends of something in opposite directions
  2. (transitive) to castrate, to strangulate the neck of the scrotum in order to sterilize
  3. (intransitive) to gripe, twinge, to cause a pinching and spasmodic pain in the bowels

Derived terms
  • بوران (buran, “twisting, that twists”)
  • بوردرمق (burdurmak, “to make or let be twisted”)
  • بورش (buruş, “pucker, wrinkle”)
  • بورغاچ (burgaç, “twist, bend”)
  • بورق (buruk, “twisted, pinched”)
  • بورقلمق (burkulmak, “to be sprained”)
  • بورلمق (burulmak, “to be twisted or screwed”)
  • بورم (burum, “single twist or torsion”)
  • بورمه (burma, “act of twisting”)
  • بورنمق (burunmak, “to pinch and gripe”)
  • بورون بورمق (burun burmak, “to tweak a nose”)
  • بویون بورمق (boyun burmak, “to wring the neck”)
  • طوداق بورمق (dudak burmak, “to make a face as when about to weep”)
  • قول بورمق (kol burmak, “to twist one's arm”)
  • قولاق بورمق (kulak burmak, “to pull one's ears”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: burmak
  • → Armenian: պուռմիշ (puṙmiš), պուրմիշ (purmiš)

Further reading
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