Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish قیمق,[1] قییمق (kıymak, mince; slaughter),[2] from Proto-Turkic *kïy- (to cut in small pieces, to make notches).[3] Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (kıy-), [script needed] (kıd-, to cut, shed blood, give physical punishment).[4]

Verb

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kıymak (third-person singular simple present kıyar)

  1. (transitive, cooking) to mince, shred
  2. (intransitive) to murder
  3. (intransitive) to hurt, harm
  4. (intransitive) to make sacrifice

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قیمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1510
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قییمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1003
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kɨj-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kıymak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük