örümcek

Meaning

1. spider
2. spiderweb

Concepts

spider

🕷️

spiders

arachno

Synonyms

kırkayak

örümcek ağı

istavroz dişlisi

ayaklı tava

pavouk

Translations

araignée

🕷️

Spinne

🕷️

araña

🕷️

aranha

🕷️

spin

🕷️

ragno

🕷️

αράχνη

aranya

🕷️

aranea

🕷️

عنكبوت

🕷️

aranha

araneus

العنكبوت

عَنْكَبُوت

Pronounced as (IPA)

[œɾymˈdʒɛc]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: اورمجك

Cognate with Azerbaijani: hörümçək

Cognate with Bashkir: үрмәксе

Cognate with Gagauz: örümcä

Cognate with Tatar: үрмәкүч

Cognate with Uyghur: ئۆمۈچۈك

Cognate with Uzbek: oʻrgimchak

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish اورمجك (örümcek), اورومجك (örümcek), from Proto-Turkic *ȫrmekči (“spider”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (örümçek), Azerbaijani hörümçək, Bashkir үрмәксе (ürməkse), Gagauz örümcä, Tatar үрмәкүч (ürmäküç), Uyghur ئۆمۈچۈك (ömüchük), Uzbek oʻrgimchak (“spider”). Literally, “the knitter”. More at örmek.
Compare typologically English spider (akin to spin), Proto-Slavic *mězgyrь (whence Russian мизги́рь (mizgírʹ)) (akin to Latvian mežģīt).