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kokmak

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) To smell, to give out a scent.
  2. (intransitive) To have a bad smell, to stink, to reek.
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) For something to show signs of, to feel about to happen.

Synonyms

buğulanmak

iltihaplanmak

kokusu olmak

tadım vermek

irin toplamak

dert etmek

kafasına takılmak

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kokˈmɑk/
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish قوقمق (kokmak), from Proto-Turkic *kok-. Cognate with Karakhanid قُوقْماقْ (qoqmaq, “to give out a smell”), Azerbaijani qoxumaq (“to putrefy, go bad”), Turkmen kokamak (“to stink”).

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