yamak
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish یاماق (yamak). By surface analysis, yama- (“to patch, to repair”) + -k (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edityamak (definite accusative yamağı, plural yamaklar)
- helper
- Synonym: el ulağı
- (historical, military) a recruit in various janissary corps
- (figurative) a person of their word
Declension
editInflection | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | yamak | |
Definite accusative | yamağı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | yamak | yamaklar |
Definite accusative | yamağı | yamakları |
Dative | yamağa | yamaklara |
Locative | yamakta | yamaklarda |
Ablative | yamaktan | yamaklardan |
Genitive | yamağın | yamakların |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “yamak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yamak2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5185b
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yamak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük