Crimean Tatar

Verb

eşmek

1. to grub
2. to disarrange

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish اشمك ‎(eşmek, “to dig up slightly, scratch the soil”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] ‎(eş-, “to dig”), from Proto-Turkic *ēĺ-.^[1]

Cognate with Azeri eşmək ‎(“to tear”), Bashkir ишеү ‎(išew, “to row”), Chagatai [script needed] ‎(eşmek, “to dig”), Chuvash алтма ‎(altma, “to dig”), Tuvan эжер ‎(äžär, “to row”), эштир ‎(äštïr, “to swim”).

Verb

eşmek ‎(third-person singular simple present eşer)

1. (transitive) to scratch, dig (the soil) lightly
2. (transitive) to research and investigate

Synonyms

• deşmek
• kazmak

Derived terms

• eşme
• eşiş
• eşici
• eşilmek
• eşinmek
• eştirmek
• eşelemek
• eşmemek
• eşememek
• eşebilmek

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish اشمك ‎(eşmek, “to amble”), from Proto-Turkic *ẹĺ- ‎(“to walk, trot, amble”).^[2]

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] ‎(eş-, “to walk, trot”), Chuvash ишме ‎(išme, “to plod”), Yakut ис ‎(is, “to move”).

Verb

eşmek ‎(third-person singular simple present eşer)

1. (intransitive, for a horse) to trot

Related terms

• (?) eşek
• eşkin

Conjugation

References

1. ↑ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ēĺ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
2. ↑ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ẹĺ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill