serpmek

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sep- (id.).[1] Compare to Southern Altai себер (seber, to sprinkle).

Verb

serpmek (third-person singular simple present serper)

  1. (transitive) to sprinkle; to scatter
  2. (intransitive) (for rain) to sprinkle down; (for snow) to spit down

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References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*săp`í”
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