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örtmek.

to cover with a clothing; to veil, to clothe

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/øɾtˈmec/

  1. to cover with a clothing; to veil, to clothe

    transitive

  2. to cover

    transitive
    çiçekler yeri örtüyor

  3. to hide; to conceal, hush up, cover up

    transitive

  4. to shut (a door, a window, a cover)

    transitive

  5. to be lifted (by air)

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اورتمك (örtmek, “to cover, wrap, veil, shut”) from Old Anatolian Turkish اورتمك (örtmek), from Proto-Turkic *ört- (“to cover”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ört-, “to cover”), Azerbaijani örtmək (“to cover, shut”), Chuvash витме (vitme, “to cover, protect, close”), Turkmen örtmek (“to cover”), Salar öttgüsi, Gagauz örtmää.

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