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Where does “okunmak” come from?

okunmak (Turkish) comes from Turkish okumak, from Ottoman Turkish اوقومق, from Proto-Turkic *okï-.

okunmak (Turkish): to be read

Definitions

  1. to be read

Ancestry of “okunmak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishokumakto read; to study, peruse; to sing; to chant,...
2Ottoman Turkishاوقومقto read; to study
3Proto-Turkic*okï-—
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