sürtmek

“sürtmek” is a Turkish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

to rub against
to vagabond, sleep around, gad, horse around, wander about aimlessly

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سورتمك (sürtmek, “to rub grindingly against”), from Proto-Turkic *sür(-t)- (“to rub, smear”). Cognate to sürmek (“to rub, smear, spread”), see further cognates there. Cognates Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (sürt-, “to rub”), Karakhanid [script needed] (sürtmēk, “to smear, rub, polish, clean”), Azerbaijani sürtmək (“to rub, polish”), Bashkir һөртөү (hörtöw, “to…

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