Where does “kırılmak” come from?
kırılmak (Turkish) comes from Turkish kırmak, from Ottoman Turkish قیرمق, from Proto-Turkic kïr- — to break, to demolish; to scrape, to shave.
kırılmak (Turkish): to break, to become broken; to sulk
Definitions
- to break, to become broken; to sulk
Ancestry of “kırılmak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | kırmak | to break; to hurt someone's feelings |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قیرمق | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | kïr- | to break, to demolish; to scrape, to shave |