koparmak
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قوپارمق (koparmak), from the same root as kopmak.
Verb
koparmak (third-person singular simple present koparır)
- to pluck, break off, forcibly tear off
- to take or obtain by force, violence, or deception
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kopmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قوپارمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1479
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN