Turkish pronunciation
slırpPronunciation
/ˈslərp/ /ˈslɜrp/
Etymology
[ 'sl&rp ] (verb.) 1648. From Middle Dutch slurpen, slorpen (“to sip, slurp”), from Old Dutch *slurpen, from Proto-Germanic *slarpanan (“to sip, slurp”), from Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-, *srobʰ- (“to sip, slurp, gulp”). Cognate with West Frisian slurvje (“to slurp”), German schlürfen (“to sip, slurp”), Swedish slurpa (“to slurp”), Middle High German sürfeln, sürpfeln (“to sip, slurp”), Latin sorbeō (“to suck up, imbibe, absorb”).