sormak

Phrases
Signification (Anglais)

  1. (transitive) to ask, to ask about, to inquire
  2. (transitive) to look for, want to see someone, to ask about someone

Fréquence

B1
Prononcé comme (IPA)
[soɾˈmak]
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صورمق (sormak). Cognate of Azerbaijani sormaq, Turkmen soramak (“to ask, query”), Uzbek soʻramoq (“to ask, request”), Kazakh сұрау (sūrau, “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.

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