Turkish

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Etymology

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InheritedfromOttoman Turkishقورتلمق(kurtulmak,to escape, get free, get rid of, be saved, be relieved),fromProto-Turkic*kurt-ul-(to be saved, be rescued),passive of the unattested stem*kurt-.Cognate tokurtarmak(to save, rescue)causative form of the same root.

Cognate withOld Uyghur[script needed](qurtulmaq,salvation),[script needed](qurtul-,to be saved, be rescued),Karakhanid[script needed](qurtulmāq,to be saved, be rescued, be relieved),Azerbaijaniqurtulmaq(to escape, run away),Bashkirҡотолоу(qotolow,to get free),Chuvashхӑтӑлма(hăt̬ălma,to be saved, get rid of),Kazakhқұтылу(qūtylu,to escape, get rid of),Khakasхудуларға(xudularğa,to escape, save oneself),Kyrgyzкутулуу(kutuluu,to escape, get rid of),Southern Altaiкудул-(kudul-,to disappear),Tatarкотылу(qotılu,to escape, get free),Turkmengutulmak(to recover),Uyghurقۇتۇلماق(qutulmaq,to avoid, escape),Uzbekqutulmoq.

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Verb

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kurtulmak(third-person singular simple presentkurtulur)

  1. (intransitive,with ablative case)to berescued,besaved,befreed;toescape
  2. (intransitive,with ablative case)toget rid of,be rid of (something or someone unpleasant), berelieved
  3. (intransitive,of an animal)to getloose,break loose

Conjugation

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References

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  • Clauson, Gerard(1972) “kurtul-”, inAn Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish,Oxford: Clarendon Press,page650