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Where does “karmak” come from?

karmak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قارمق, from Old Anatolian Turkish kar-, from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- — to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out.

karmak (Turkish): to mix, blend; to shuffle

Definitions

  1. to mix, blend; to shuffle

Ancestry of “karmak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقارمقto meddle, interfere with, disarrange
2Old Anatolian Turkishkar-to mix
3Proto-Turkickaŕ-to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out

Words derived from “karmak”

  • karma
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