yarım
Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
From yar- (“split, cleave”) + -ım. Cognate to Proto-Turkic *yarïm.
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
yarım
- half (used as quantifier)
- yarım kilo ət ― half a kilogram of meat
- bir kilo un yarım ― one and a half kilograms of flour
- il yarım ― one and a half year
Derived terms edit
- yarımada (“peninsula”)
- yarımkürə (“hemisphere”)
- yarımdairə (“semicirlce”)
- yarımsavadlı (“semi-literate”)
- yarımfabrikat (“convenience food”)
- yarımçıq, yarımçılıq (“half-finished”)
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish یارم (yarım), from Proto-Turkic *yārïm (“half”), from the verb *yār- (“to split”), whence also Turkish yar-. Can be analyzed as yar- + -ım.
Adjective edit
yarım
Noun edit
yarım (definite accusative yarımı, plural yarımlar)
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “yarım”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu