örmek

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to knit; to darn; to braid, plait
  2. (transitive) to braid
  3. (transitive) to weave (using reeds, canes, osiers, wire)
  4. (transitive) to build (a wall); to lay, bond (bricks or stones)
  5. (transitive) to make an artpiece
  6. (transitive) to establish, to create, to bring into being

Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اورمك (örmek), from Proto-Turkic *ȫr- (“to plait”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ör-, “to plait, build”), Azerbaijani hörmək (“to plait”), Bashkir үреү (ürew, “to plait”), Khakas ӱрерге (ürerge, “to plait”), Kyrgyz өрүү (örüü, “to braid”), Turkmen örmek (“to knit, braid”), Uzbek oʻrmoq (“to weave”), Yakut өр (ör, “to knit”).

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