ermek

Meaning

  1. to attain, achieve
  2. to reach, be long enough to reach
  3. to ripen, become ripe, mature
  4. to attain sainthood, to be spiritually enlightened, to reach spiritual perfection

Translations

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæɾ.mec/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایرمك (ermek, “to attain, reach, mature”), from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄r- (“to reach”). cognates Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (er-, “to reach”) and [script needed] (ert-, “to pass”), Azerbaijani ermək, and Khalaj [script needed] (ẹ̄̂r-, “to reach”). Possibly cognate with Hungarian ér (“to reach”), thought to be a Turkic borrowing, and, according to Nişanyan, Old Turkic [script needed] (er-, “to be”). See more at imek.

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