sürçmek

Meaning

to slip, stumble

Concepts

falter

stumble

put one’s foot in one’s mouth

Synonyms

yanılmak

hata yapmak

kaymak

sapıtmak

Translations

تَعَثَّرَ

einen Fehler begehen/machen

Scheiße bauen

etwas Unpassendes sagen

fourcher

trébucher

faire une gaffe

faire un faux pas

gaffer

xij bûn

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: سورچمك

Cognate with Karakhanid:

Cognate with Chagatai:

Cognate with Kuman:

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish سورچمك (sürçmek, “to slip, stumble”), from Proto-Turkic [Term?]. According to Clauson there can hardly be an etymological connection to sürmek (“to rub”) or sürtmek. Cognate to Karakhanid [script needed] (sürçmēk, “to stumble”), Chagatai [script needed] (sürçmek, “to slip, stumble”), Kipchak [Arabic needed] (süçre-, “to stumble”).