kapmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic kap- (kap-, to close, contact, catch)[1], from Proto-Turkic *Kap- (1. to snatch, take 2. to bite)[2]. Also compare Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (to seize, grab).

Verb

kapmak (third-person singular simple present kapar)

  1. (transitive) to snatch, seize, catch, grasp
  2. (transitive) to acquire, get, develop

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • kavuşmak

See also

References

  1. "kapmak" - nişanyansözlük
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*k`ap`V”
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