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ekmek.

bread

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/ecˈmec/
  1. bread

  2. one's source of money

    figuratively
  3. daily bread, source of one's sustenance

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish اكمك (ekmek), from Old Anatolian Turkish اتمك (etmek), from Proto-Common Turkic *etmek. The medial consonant -t- is irregularly changed to -k- to avoid homophony with the verb etmek (“to do”) as expected.

verb/ecˈmec/
  1. to sow, to plant

    transitive
  2. to utilize soil for agriculture

    transitive
  3. to sprinkle, to scatter

    ditransitive
  4. to give somebody the slip, to evade, to ditch

    colloquial · transitive
  5. to waste money

    colloquial · transitive
  6. to beat in a race

    colloquial · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish اكمك (ekmek), from Old Anatolian Turkish اكمك (ekmek), from Proto-Turkic *ek- (“to sow”). Compare to Azerbaijani əkmək (“to sow”), Southern Altai эк- (ek-, “to aim at, curve”), etc.

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