Turkish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [jænmec]
  • Hyphenation: yen‧mek
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یكمك (yeŋmek), from Proto-Turkic *yẹŋ- (to win), a possible borrowing from Old Chinese (*leŋ, to win). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yeŋ-, to win), Kazakh жеңу (jeñu), Kyrgyz жеңүү (jeŋüü), etc.

Verb edit

yenmek (third-person singular simple present yener)

  1. (transitive) to defeat, overcome
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Etymology 2 edit

Passive form of yemek (to eat).

Verb edit

yenmek (third-person singular simple present yenir)

  1. to be eaten
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Further reading edit

  • yenmek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu