كچمك

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *geč- (“to pass, wade”).

Verb

كچمك (gäčmäk)

1. to pass through
   • XIII^th century [from a XV^th century copy], Ahmed Fakih, Çarhnâme-i Ahmed Fakıh der Bîvefâî-i Rûzigâr; republished as Mecdut Mansuroğlu, editor, Ahmed Fakih. Çarhname, İstanbul: Pulhan Matbaası, 1956, page 8:

     اولوم بر قاپودور كچمك كركدر
     برابر انده سلطانیله چوپان

     Ölüm bir qapudur, gäčmäk gäräkdür
     bärābär anda sulṭān ile čōpān.

          Death is a gate, one has to pass through [it]
          A sultan and a shepherd are equal in it.

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: keçmək
• Gagauz: geçmää
• Ottoman Turkish: گچمك (geçmek)
  • Turkish: geçmek