كچمك

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *geč- (“to pass, wade”).

Verb

كچمك (gäčmäk)

to pass through
- XIII^th century [from a XV^th century copy], Ahmed Fakih, Çarhnâme-i Ahmed Fakıh der Bîvefâî-i Rûzigâr; republished as Mecdut Mansuroğlu, editor, Ahmed Fakih. Çarhname, İstanbul: Pulhan Matbaası, 1956, page 8:
  اولوم بر قاپودور كچمك كركدر
  برابر انده سلطانیله چوپان
  Ölüm bir qapudur, gäčmäk gäräkdür
  bärābär anda sulṭān ile čōpān.
       Death is a gate, one has to pass through [it]
       A sultan and a shepherd are equal in it.

Descendants

Azerbaijani: keçmək
Gagauz: geçmää
Ottoman Turkish: گچمك (geçmek)
- Turkish: geçmek

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