# burmaq
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bur(a)- (“to twist”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [burˈmɑχ]
* Audio (Baku):(file)
* Hyphenation: bur‧maq

### Verb

burmaq
* (transitive) to curl (to twist or form into ringlets)
* (transitive) twist (to turn the ends in opposite directions)
* (transitive) turn (change the direction or orientation of (something))
* (transitive) screw (to connect or assemble pieces using a screw)
* (transitive) to castrate (remove the testicles of)
* (intransitive) only used in qarnı burmaq (“to have an upset stomach, to have a stomachache”)

#### Derived terms

* burğu

### References

* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bur(a)-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

## Salar
### Alternative forms

* bırmaq

### Etymology

Cognate with Turkish parmak.

### Pronunciation

* (Qingshui, Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA: [purmɑχ]
* (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA: [pɨrmɑχ]
* (Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA: [permɑχ]
* (Hualong, Qinghai) IPA: /pɨrmɨχ/
* (Datung river, Qinghai) IPA: /pirmɑ/

### Noun

burmaq
* finger

#### Derived terms

* ayaq burmaq (“toe”)
* baş burmaq
* imen burmaq
* sece burmaq

### References

* Potanin, G.N. (1893) “бармаχ, пирмаχ”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 429
* Yanchuk, Mikola Andriyovich (1893) “пырмах”, in Этнографическое ОбозрѢніе: Императорскаго Общества Любителей Естествознанія, Антропологіи и Этнографіи [Ethnographical Review: Imperial Society of Lovers of Natural History, Anthropology and Ethnography]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Publication of the Ethnographic Department, page 33
* Rockhill, William Woodville (1894) “pirma”, in Diary of a journey through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, page 374
* Poppe, Nicholas (1953). Remarks on The Salar Language. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 16(3/4), 438–477.
* Kakuk, S. (1962). “Un Vocabulaire Salar.” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 14, no. 2: 173–96.
* Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “permɑχ, burmɑχ, bırmɑχ”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 444, 456, 458
* 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “bərmɑχ”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 102
* Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “bırmax, burmax”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, pages 61, 65
* 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008) 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs]‎, China Salar Youth League, page 90
* Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “burmax”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 52
* 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “burmax”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎, 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 108
* 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “burmïx, burmax, bïrmïx, burmax”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 268