yüzmek

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to swim
2. (intransitive) to float

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یوزمك (yüzmek, “to swim, float”), from Proto-Turkic *yüŕ- (“to swim, float”).
Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰇𐰕 (yüz-, “to swim”), Karakhanid [script needed] (yüzmēk, “to swim”), Azerbaijani üzmək (“to swim”), Bashkir йөҙөү (yöźöw, “to swim”), Kazakh жүзу (jüzu, “to swim”), Kyrgyz жүзүү (jüzüü, “to swim, float”), Turkmen ýüzmek (“to swim, float, sail”), Uyghur ئۈزمەك (üzmek, “to swim”), Uzbek yuzmoq (“to swim”).