Turkish

sığmak

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[with dative] to fit into (a container or place)

Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɯː.mɑk/
Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish
صیغمق
Cognate with Old Turkish
Cognate with Azerbaijani
sığmaq
Cognate with Bashkir
һыйыу
Cognate with Kazakh
сыю
Cognate with Kyrgyz
сыюу
Cognate with Southern Altai
сыйар
Cognate with Turkmen
sygmak
Cognate with Uzbek
sigʻmoq
In summary

From Ottoman Turkish صیغمق (sığmak, “to go in, get in”), from Proto-Turkic *sïg- (“to enter, fit into”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (sıɣ-, “to fit into”), Azerbaijani sığmaq (“to go in”), Bashkir һыйыу (hıyıw, “to fit”), Kazakh сыю (syü, “to fit in”), Kyrgyz сыюу (sıyuu, “to fit in”), Southern Altai сыйар (sïyar, “to go (into)”), Turkmen sygmak (“to find room”), Uzbek sigʻmoq (“to fit in”).

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