tepelemek
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish تپهلمك (tepelemek, “to beat on the head; to hit”). Equivalent to tepe + -le + -mek.
Verb
tepelemek
- (literally) to strike on the head
- to thrash, beat up, abuse
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “تپهلمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 492
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tepelemek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “تپهلمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 342
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN