örmek

Meaning

1. (transitive) to knit; to darn; to braid, plait
2. (transitive) to weave (using reeds, canes, osiers, wire)
3. (transitive) to build (a wall); to lay, bond (bricks or stones)

Etymology

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”).