Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish یایمق (yaymak, to spread), from Proto-Turkic *yād- (to spread).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yād-, to spread), Kyrgyz жаюу (jayuu, to spread), Uzbek yoymoq (to spread).

Compare Mongolian задлах (zadlax, to unleash). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Verb

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yaymak (third-person singular simple present yayar)

  1. (transitive) to scatter; to spread
  2. (transitive) to spread, broadcast, disseminate

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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