yarmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یارمق (yarmak, to split, rend), from Proto-Turkic *jār- (to split).[1] Akin to Proto-Mongolic *jara- (to split open, open wide) (Mongolian ярах (jarah, to cleave, thrust, draw open)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jaɾmac]
  • Hyphenation: yar‧mak

Verb

yarmak (third-person singular simple present yarar)

  1. (transitive) to split, cleave, rend; slit
  2. (transitive) to hack, chop
  3. (transitive) to breach, tear

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • yarabilmek
  • yaramamak
  • yardırmak
  • yarıcı
  • yarık
  • yarılmak
  • yarım
  • yarış
  • yarışmak
  • yarma
  • yarmamak
  • yarmış

References

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