sokmak

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to insert, to put in
  2. (transitive) to penetrate
  3. (transitive) to tuck, stuff
  4. (transitive) to sting, bite
  5. (ditransitive) to sneak in, smuggle
  6. (ditransitive) to sneak in, wind into (ideas etc.)
  7. (figuratively, transitive) to hurt someone's feelings

Frequency

C1
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صوقمق (sokmak, “to insert; to bite, sting”), from Proto-Turkic *sok- (“to pierce, stick into”). Cognate with Azerbaijani soxmaq, Karakhanid سُقْماق (suqmāq), Kazakh сұғу (sūğu), Kyrgyz согуу (soguu), Southern Altai согор (sogor).

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