Ottoman Turkish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kạyïn- (to boil). See kaynamak for more cognates.

Verb edit

قاینامق (kaynamak)

  1. to boil
  2. to effervesce
  3. for water, to well up out of the earth
  4. for metals, to become welded
  5. to be united
  6. for insects, to swarm
  7. for tumult or mischief, to be brewing
  8. for weather, to be sultry

Derived terms edit

  • قانی قاینامق (kanı kaynamak, to be active, enthusiastic; to have sincere affection for someone, literally for one's blood to boil)

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: kaynamak (to boil)
  • Armenian: խայնամիշ (xaynamiš), կա̈յնա̈միշ (käynämiš)

Further reading edit