yalvarmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یالوارمق (yalvarmak), a derivation of Proto-Turkic *yāl- (to ask, require; to hire, lease; servant; envoy).

Cognate with Azerbaijani yalvarmaq, Kazakh жалбару (jalbaru), Southern Altai јалбар- (ǰalbar-, to beg), Tuvan чалбарыыр (çalbarıır).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

yalvarmak

  1. to implore, to beg
    Coordinate term: yakarmak

Conjugation

Further reading

  • yalvarmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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