ötmek

Meaning

1. (intransitive) (of a bird) to sing; (of a cock) to crow
2. (intransitive) (of a horn, a whistle) to blow, toot, hoot
3. (intransitive) to chatter noisily, gab, babble
4. (slang, transitive) to let the cat out of the bag, to spill the beans, to snitch

Concepts

sing

coo

sound

🔉

scream

😱

crow

yell

ululate

hoot

Synonyms

bağırmak

şakımak

şarkı söylemek

cıvıldamak

gaklamak

okumak

📖

çınlamak

kuğurmak

sevinç çığlığı atmak

söylemek

🗣️

uğuldamak

vınlamak

vızıldamak

horoz gibi ötmek

çalmak

Translations

chanter

cantare

cantar

غنى

cantar

singen

cantar

hululer

cantare

krähen

τραγουδώ

canere

zingen

cantar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/œtˈmec/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: اوتمك

Cognate with Chuvash: авӑтма

Cognate with Turkmen: ötünmek

Cognate with Yakut: эт

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوتمك (ütmek, “to resound, ring, echo, to sing; crow”), from Proto-Turkic *öt- (“to sing (of birds), say, ask”).
Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (öt-, “(of animals) to sing, make noise”), [script needed] (ötün-, “to ask, request”), Chagatai [script needed] (ötmek, “to say”), Chuvash авӑтма (avătma, “to sing”), Turkmen ötünmek (“to apologise”), Yakut эт (et, “to say”).