دوشه‌مك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• دوشمك (döşemek)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *döĺe- (“to spread”).

Verb

دوشه‌مك • (döşemek)

1. (transitive) to spread, to stretch out or open out something so that it more fully covers a given area of space

   Synonyms: سرمك (sermek), یایمق (yaymak)

2. (transitive) to floor, pave, to cover or furnish with a floor or to cover something with paving slabs

   Synonym: قالدرم دوشه‌مك (kaldırım döşemek)

3. (transitive) to furnish, to provide a house, room, or place with furniture, or other equipment

   Synonym: اوطه دوشه‌مك (oda döşemek)

4. (transitive) to carpet, to lay carpet, or to have carpet installed in an area or on the floor

Derived terms

• اوطه دوشه‌مك (oda döşemek, “to furnish”)
• دوشنمك (döşenmek, “to be spread on the ground”)
• دوشه‌لو (döşeli, “spread, laid down”)
• دوشه‌مه (döşeme, “floor; furniture”)
• قالدرم دوشه‌مك (kaldırım döşemek, “to floor, pave”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: döşemek

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “دوشه‌مك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 762
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “döşemek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1294
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “دوشمك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 234a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دوشه‌مك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 589
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Sternere”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1596
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دوشمك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2175
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “döşe-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دوشه‌مك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 924