dölenmek
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish دولنمك (“to rest”), Old Anatolian Turkish دولنمك (dölenmek)[1][2], ultimately Proto-Turkic *döle-. Cognate with Turkish dölek. Çağbayır[2] considers senses third to sixth to be derived from the preceding.
Verb
dölenmek
- to calm down, to get used to quiet down on way (dialect, Ankara, Niğde)
- to rest (dialect, Ankara)[3]
- to go towards (dialect, Niğde)
- to walk around (dialect, İzmir, Muğla)
- to disperse regularly (for herd) (dialect, Ankara)
- to settle down properly (dialect, Niğde, Adana)
Etymology 2
Cognate with Turkish döletmek (“to fix”) (dialect, Mersin). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
dölenmek
- to be fixed (dialect, Ankara, Çankırı, Kırşehir, Kayseri, Niğde)
References
- Günay, Nesrin, “Türk dilinde eş anlamlılık ve “Gönül, yürek, kalp” kelimeleri”, in Türkbilig (2015), vol: 29, page: 121-146.
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “dölenmek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1286
- http://yukarikesekoyu.blogspot.com/2010/11/koy-konusmalar.html
- “dölenmek”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 4, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1969