گبرمك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

كبرمك (gebermek)

Etymology

Likely from Old Turkic [script needed] (kapar-, “to swell”) (by association with the swelling of decomposing corpses); if so, related to گبه (gebe, “pregnant”), گوبك (göbek, “navel”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɟe.bɛɾ.mec/

Verb

گبرمك • (gebermek)

to die

Descendants

Turkish: gebermek

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كبرمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1522

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