yormak

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /joɾmɑk/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish یورمق (yormak), from Proto-Turkic *jor- (to explain, interpret).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yor-, to explain, interpret (a dream)), Turkmen ýormak (to foretell, interpret), Kyrgyz жоруу (joruu, to interpret), Kazakh жору (joru, to interpret).

Verb

yormak (third-person singular simple present yorar)

  1. (transitive) to interpret something as (good/bad); to take something to be a (good/bad) sign
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *yor- (to tire).[2] According to Nişanyan Back-formation from yorulmak. Nişanyan also argues that the word yorgun (tired) that is attested in the 14th century derives from Old Anatolian Turkish yorı- “to walk”,[3] see yürümek. However compare Turkmen ýormak (to wear out).

Verb

yormak (third-person singular simple present yorar)

  1. (transitive) to tire, weary, fatigue
Derived terms

See also

  • armak

Conjugation

References

  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: “*dòru”
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *jor-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. "yor-" - nişanyansözlük
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