gebermek
Meaning
to die, to bite the dust, to croak
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Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɟe.bɛɾ.mec/
Etymology
In summary
From Ottoman Turkish گبرمك (gebermek), likely from Old Turkic [script needed] (kapar-, “to swell”) (by association with the swelling of decomposing corpses); if so, a doublet of kabarmak (“to swell”) and related to gebe (“pregnant”), göbek (“navel”).
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