püskürmek
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پوسكورمك (püskürmek). Onomatopoeic in the older root form püf or püs. Compare Azerbaijani püskürmək.
Verb
püskürmek (third-person singular simple present püskürür)
- to sputter, to splutter
- to scatter, drive away
- (geology) (for a volcano) to erupt
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “püskürmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “پوسكورمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 458
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN