دكمك

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tẹg-.

Verb

دَكْمَكْ (dägmäk)

1. to touch, to come into contact
2. to be worthy
3. to reach

Derived terms

• دَكَرْ (dägär, “worth”)
• دَكَنَكْ (dägänäk, “cane”)
• دَكِشْمَكْ (dägişmäk, “to move, to change”)

 

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: dəymək
• Gagauz: diimää
• Ottoman Turkish: دگمك (değmek)
  • Turkish: değmek

Etymology 2

From دَكْ (däŋ).

Alternative forms

• دَكَه‌مَكْ (däŋämäk)

Verb

دَكَمَكْ (däŋämäk)

1. to compare, to measure
2. to try

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: dənəmək
• Gagauz: denemää
• Ottoman Turkish: دڭه‌مك (deñemek)
  • Turkish: denemek
  • → Armenian: տէնէմիշ (tēnēmiš)

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “değmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “denemek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish دَكْمَكْ (dägmäk), from Proto-Turkic *tẹg-.

Verb

دگمك • (değmek)

1. to touch
2. to be worthy

Related terms

• دگر (değer, “worth”)
• دگشمك (değişmek, “to change, to exchange”)
• دگنك (değnek, “cane”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: değmek

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دكمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 577