sıyırmak
Meaning
- (transitive) to graze, skin, scrape, skin off
- (transitive) to peel off, strip off, skim off
Synonyms
çekip çıkarmak
tırmıklamak
yalayıp geçmek
Translations
Etymology
In summary
From Ottoman Turkish صییرمق (sıyırmak, “to skin”), from Proto-Turkic *sïdïr- (“to rub off, peel off”). Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (sıδır-, “to skin, strip off, shovel up, slip”), Azerbaijani sıyırmaq (“to plane, shave”), Chuvash шӑйӑрма (šăjărma, “to scrape, abrade, strip”), Khakas сызырарға (sızırarğa, “to scrape, strip off”), Kyrgyz сыйруу (sıyruu, “to tear off”), Turkmen syrmak (“to sweep, shave”).
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