erimek
See also: ərimək
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish اریمك (erimek), from Proto-Turkic *ẹri- (“to melt”).[1] Cognate with Azerbaijani ərimək, Bashkir иреү (irew), Kazakh еру (eru), Kyrgyz эрүү (erüü), Yakut ир (ir, “to melt”), Turkmen eremek, Tuvan эриир (eriir), Uzbek erimoq.
Verb
editerimek (third-person singular simple present erir)
- (intransitive) to melt, thaw, dissolve, become liquid
- Donmuş yağ eridi. ― The frozen fat became liquid.
- Tuz suda erir mi? ― Will salt dissolve in water?
- (intransitive) to wear thin, grow threadbare
- (intransitive) to waste away, get thin and weak, become emaciated
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editReferences
edit- ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*ire”