Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yaltïr- (to flash),[1] from *yal- (to burn, blaze).

Verb

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یلدرامق (yıldıramak)

  1. to flash, gleam, glitter

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: yıldıramak (dated, dialectal)

Further reading

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References

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