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donmak.

freeze (to become solid due to low temperature), congeal

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/donˈmak/
  1. freeze (to become solid due to low temperature), congeal

    intransitive
  2. to feel very cold, freeze

    intransitive
  3. to freeze to death

    intransitive
  4. to set, harden, solidify

    intransitive
  5. to freeze, remain motionless

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوكمق (doñmak, “to freeze, to become ice, to solidify, to become rigid”), from Old Anatolian Turkish طوكمق (doŋmaq), from Proto-Turkic *toŋ- (“to freeze”). Cognates Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (toŋ-, “to freeze”), Azerbaijani donmaq (“to freeze”), Bashkir туңыу (tuñıw, “to freeze”), Kazakh тоңу (toŋuw, “to freeze”), Khakas тоорға (toorğa, “to freeze”), Kyrgyz тоңуу (toŋuu, “to freeze”), Turkmen doňmak (“to freeze”), Tuvan доңар (doñar, “to freeze”), Uyghur توڭماق (tongmaq, “to freeze”), Uzbek toʻngmoq (“to freeze”), Yakut тоҥ (toŋ, “to freeze”).

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