okumak

Signification

1. (transitive) to read
2. (transitive) to study, peruse
3. (transitive) to sing; to chant, recite
4. (transitive) to announce
5. (transitive) to decipher
6. (intransitive) to study, attend school

Coupé comme

o‧ku‧mak

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/okuˈmak/

Étymologie

From Ottoman Turkish اوقومق (okumak, “to read, decipher, study, learn, recite, chant, sing”), from Proto-Turkic *okï- (“to call, read, recite”).
Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (okı-, “to read, call”), Azerbaijani oxumaq (“to read, sing”), Bashkir уҡыу (uqıw, “to read”), Kazakh оқу (oqu, “to read, recite”), Kyrgyz окуу (okuu, “to read, study”), Turkmen okamak (“to read, study”), Uzbek oʻqimoq (“to learn, study, read”), Yakut угуй (uguy, “to call”).