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𐰴𐰃𐰡𐰢

kıl-

Meaning:
to do, make; to cause someone or something to become something

Kashgari records that the Oghuz avoided this verb because it could euphemistically refer to sexual intercourse, using ēt- instead in the ordinary sense “do”. This does not restrict its general meaning in the older inscriptions.

Examples

Translations

German:
tun, machen; jemanden oder etwas zu etwas machen
Russian:
делать, совершать; делать кого-либо или что-либо чем-либо
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
etmək, düzəltmək; birini və ya bir şeyi bir hala gətirmək
Turkish (Türkiye):
etmek, yapmak; birini veya bir şeyi bir duruma getirmek

Bibliography 5

  • Hendrik Boeschoten (2022) A dictionary of early middle Turkic
    pp. 247–248, qïl=
  • Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğü
    pp. 369–370, ¹kıl-
  • Sergei Starostin, Anna Dybo, Oleg Mudrak (2003) Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages
    pp. 675–676, *ki
  • Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish
    p. 616, kıl-
  • M Räsänen, I Kecskeméti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen
    p. 263a, kyl