dokunmak

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to touch, contact
  2. (intransitive) to disturb, meddle with, upset, affect adversely
  3. (euphemistic, reflexive) To masturbate, touch oneself

Frequency

C1
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish طوقونمق (dokunmak, “to touch, be in contact, affect, concern, injure, excite emotion”), reflexive form of Proto-Turkic *tokï- (“to hit, knock, strike”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tokı-, “to hit, knock”), Karakhanid [script needed] (tokın-, “to hit, bump into”), Azerbaijani toxunmaq (“to touch”), Kazakh тоқылдау (toqyldau, “to knock”), Tuvan токкулаар (tokkulaar, “to tap, knock”), Uyghur توقۇنماق (toqunmaq, “to touch”), Uzbek toʻqinmoq (“to touch”).

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