kamaşmak
Meaning
- (intransitive) For tongue, palate or teeth to become numb or tingle because of something sour.
- (intransitive) For eyes to rapidly and involuntarily blink due to touching or a bright light.
Synonyms
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ka.maʃˈmak/
Etymology
In summary
From Ottoman Turkish قماشمق (ḳamaşmaḳ, “for the eyes to be dazzled, for the teeth to be set on the edge”), from Proto-Turkic *kamaĺ- (eye or teeth to tingle, to prickle), from Proto-Turkic *kama- (to become blunt, to go numb).
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