sürmek

Pronunciation: /syɾˈmec/

“sürmek” is a Turkish word. Its 13 meanings in English:

verb

To operate a wheeled vehicle; to drive, to ride.
To continue to happen, to go on, to last, to take a certain amount of time.
(of animals) To huddle before one and compel to move forward; to drive.
To push forward, to send, to drive.
To cause to touch, to make touch.
To exile, send into exile, to expel, to cast out, to banish.
To spread something on a surface in a thin layer; to rub, to smear, to apply.
To put on the market; to put up for sale, to launch, to release, to make available for purchase.
To release money into circulation illegally; to utter.
To remain in a certain state or situation; to lead, to maintain.
To turn over the soil to prepare a field for planting; to plough, to till.
(of time) To pass, to elapse.
(of plants) To sprout, to germinate, to grow in size, to shoot forth, to grow roots, to strike roots.

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سورمك (sürmek, “to drive before one, to drive away, to banish, to advance, to sell in open market, to continue, to rub on or against, to shoot out, to protrude”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (sür-, “to drive away, to spend time, to go ahead, (for time) to elapse, to rub, to smear”), from Proto-Turkic *sǖr- (“to drive before one, to lead, to drive away”).…

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