koşmak

From Ottoman Turkish قوشمق (koşmak).^[1] Further etymology uncertain; perhaps a semantic derivation from the etymology below. A development from the reciprocal form of kovmak, *koğuş-, is also possible.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /kɔʃˈ.mɑk/

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koşmak (third-person singular simple present koşar)

1. to run

   Synonym: (dialectal) seyitmek

• koşu

• koşulmak
• koşturmak
• koşuşmak

From Proto-Turkic *kōĺ- (“pair, couple, to join, unite”).^[3] Cognate with Chuvash хуш (huš, “to add, attach”), Uzbek qoʻshmoq (“to add”), Southern Altai кожор (kožor, “to add”), Kazakh қосу (qosu, “to add”), etc.

koşmak (third-person singular simple present koşar)

1. to add, to attach, to pair

• koşul