mırlamak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مرلامق (mırlamak). Onomatopoeic.

Verb

mırlamak (third-person singular simple present mırlar)

1. to purr

See also

• mırıl mırıl
• mırıltı

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مرلامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1815