Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish ییغمق (yığmak, to heap, pile, collect in a heap), from Proto-Turkic *yïg- (to collect).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰃𐰍 (yïɣ-, to gather, collect), Karakhanid يِغْماقْ (yïɣmāq, to gather, collect), Azerbaijani yığmaq (to gather, collect), Bashkir йыйыу (to collect, compile), Khakas чыырға (çıırğa, to collect, save up), Kyrgyz жыюу (jıyuu, to collect), Turkmen ýygmak (to pick, gather), Uzbek yigʻmoq (to gather, accumulate).

Verb

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yığmak (third-person singular simple present yığar)

  1. (transitive) to heap, heap up, pile, pile up; to stack, stack up, aggregate
  2. (transitive) to clutter
  3. (transitive) to accumulate, amass; to lay up a store of

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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