sarsmak

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to shake, convulse, jar, jolt
  2. (transitive) to shock
  3. (transitive) to affect, weaken, upset, afflict

Synonyms

Pronounced as (IPA)
/saɾs.mak/
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish صارسمق, صارصمق (sarsmak, “to shake with a shock, to joggle”), from Proto-Turkic [Term?]. Cognate to Karakhanid [script needed] (sarsıtmāk, “to ill-use, treat harshly”), [script needed] (sarsıɣlı, “violent”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (sarsıɣ, “harsh”), Azerbaijani sarsımaq (“to be shaken, shocked”), Chagatai [script needed] (sarsamaq, “to be shaken, quiver”), Turkmen sarsmak (“to shudder, quiver”). Clauson thinks there is no obvious semantic connection to modern Turkish, Azeri and Turkmen forms.

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