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sormak.

to ask, to ask about, to inquire

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb[soɾˈmak]
  1. to ask, to ask about, to inquire

    transitive
    Onlara bir soru sordum.
  2. to look for, want to see someone, to ask about someone

    transitive
    Annen seni soruyor.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صورمق (sormak), from Proto-Turkic *sōr(a)- (“to ask”). Cognate of Azerbaijani sormaq, Turkmen soramak (“to ask, query”), Uzbek soʻramoq (“to ask, request”), Kazakh сұрау (suraw, “to ask, inquire”), Tuvan сураар (suraar, “to seek, look for”) etc. Also a cognate of Mongolian сурах (surax, “to learn, study, ask”), a Turkic borrowing.

verb[soɾˈmak]
  1. to suck, to slurp

    transitive
Where this word comes from

See soğurmak.

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