یاماق

Khalaj

Verb

یاماق (yâmaq)

  1. Arabic spelling of yâmaq (“to churn butter”)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms
  • یماق (yamak), یمق (yamak), یماغ (yamağ)

Etymology

یامامق (yamamak, “to patch”) +‎ ـق (-k)

Adjective

یاماق • (yamak)

  1. patched

Noun

یاماق • (yamak)

  1. helper, aid, assistant
  2. recruit, a locally hired soldier at a detached fort

Descendants
  • Turkish: yamak
  • → Armenian: յամախ (yamax)
  • → Aromanian: iamacâ
  • → Bulgarian: яма́к (jamák)
  • → Macedonian: јамак (jamak)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ја̀мак／jàmak

References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یاماق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1344b
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاماق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2192b
  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “یاماق”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 962
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