kalkışmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قالقشمق (kalkışmak). Formed as the reciprocal of kalkmak.

Verb

kalkışmak (third-person singular simple present kalkışır)

  1. to attempt or pretend to attempt a difficult or impossible task
    • 1941 April 30, headline on page 1 of En Son Havâdis:
      Almanyanın Cebelüttarık'ı zapta kalkışması askerî bir zarurettir!
      It is a martial necessity for Germany to capture Gibraltar
  2. to begin a task
    Synonyms: yapmak, işlemek, başlamak

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kalkışmak”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kalkışmak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2360
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قالقشمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 934
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قالقشمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1421
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