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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

kokmak.

To smell, to give out a scent.

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/kokˈmɑk/
  1. To smell, to give out a scent.

    intransitive
  2. To have a bad smell, to stink, to reek.

    intransitive
    Burası kokuyor.
  3. For something to show signs of, to feel about to happen.

    figuratively · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish قوقمق (kokmak), from Proto-Turkic *kok-. Cognate with Karakhanid قُوقْماقْ (qoqmaq, “to give out a smell”), Azerbaijani qoxumaq (“to putrefy, go bad”), Turkmen kokamak (“to stink”).

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