yermek

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic yer- (yer-, to hate, dispraise),[1] from Proto-Turkic *jẹr- (to hate).[2] Cognate with Kazakh жеру (jerw), Yakut сир (sir, to disdain, dislike, reject).

Verb

yermek (third-person singular simple present yerer)

  1. (transitive) to run down, point out the faults of, criticize, speak ill of
  2. (transitive) to satirize; to deride
  3. (transitive) to disapprove; to condemn

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Derived terms

  • yergi
  • yerme
  • yerinmek
  • yerilmek
  • yerdirmek

References

  1. "yer-" - nişanyansözlük
  2. 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: “*ǯḕri”
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