soymak

Signification

1. (transitive) to peel
2. (transitive) to skin
3. (transitive) to undress, to strip
4. (transitive) to rob

Étymologie

From Ottoman Turkish صویمق (soymak, “to strip, undress, rob”), from Proto-Turkic *soy- (“to skin, peel”).
Cognate with Old Turkic -𐰽𐰆𐰖 (soy-, “to skin, strip”), Azerbaijani soymaq (“to undress”), Bashkir һуйыу (huyıw, “to skin, kill”), Chuvash сӳме (süme, “to tear, strip off, rob”), Crimean Tatar soymaq (“to kill a cow or sheep”), Khakas сойарға (soyarğa, “to strip off”), Kyrgyz союу (soyuu, “to kill”), Turkmen soýmak (“to skin”), Uyghur سويماق (soymaq, “to slaughter, skin”), Uzbek so'ymoq (“to butcher, slay”).