yırtmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish يرتمق (yırtmak, to tear, rend, slit), causative of يره‌ق (yırmak, to tear), from Proto-Turkic *yīr-, *yï̄r- (to split lengthwise, to break, tear).[1] Causative form replaced the original verb, see dialectal yırmak.

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (yırt-, to tear), Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar yırtmaq (to tear), Kyrgyz жыртуу (cırtuu, to tear), Turkmen ýyrtmak (to tear), Tuvan чирер (čïrär, to break away, jag), Uzbek yirtmoq (to tear), Yakut сиир (siir, to tear). Compare also Mongolian жиргэх (cirgeh, to chop, hack, split).

Verb

yırtmak (third-person singular simple present yırtar)

  1. (transitive) to tear, rend, rip
  2. (transitive) to tear, lacerate
  3. (transitive) to break in (a colt)
  4. (slang) to land on one's feet, come out smiling

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • yırtma
  • yırtış
  • yırtıcı
  • yırtık
  • yırtmaç
  • yırtılmak
  • yırtınmak
  • yırttırmak
  • yırtmamak
  • yırtamamak
  • yırtabilmek
  • yırmak

References

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