kesmek
Meaning
- to cut
- to cut off, interrupt
- to stop (talking, crying, etc.)
- to shave beard or moustache
- (transitive) to slay
Frequency
Hyphenated as
kes‧mek
Pronounced as (IPA)
[cesmec]
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish كسمك (kesmek), from Proto-Turkic *kes- (“to cut”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kés-), Chuvash кас (kas).
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