يبرماق

Karakhanid

Etymology 1

From Common Turkic *yapur-, perhaps from Proto-Turkic *yap- (“to cover; to close, shut (the door)”).

Verb

يَبُرْماقْ (yapurmāq)

1. to hide

Derived terms

• يَبُرْغانْ (yapurğan, “covering, shelterer, the one who cover and hide”)

Etymology 2

From Common Turkic *yap- (“to smooth, level”).

Verb

يَبُرْماقْ (yapurmāq)

1. to smooth, brighten, sweep (the floor)

Derived terms

• يَبُرْغاقْ (yapurğak, “leaf”)

References

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jap-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill