یارماق

See also: يارماق

Chagatai

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yār-.

Verb

یارماق (yarmaq) (third-person singular aorist یارار (yarar))

  1. (transitive) to cleave, to chop, to rend, to sever, to cut with a sharp instrument
  2. (transitive) to divide, to split; to split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
Derived terms
  • یاردورماق (yardurmaq, to make split)
  • یارغی (yarği, case, judgement)
  • یارلماق (yarilmaq, to be split into two)
  • یارمه (yarma, a log that is cut into two pieces)
  • یارمچه (yarimča, log)
  • یاریش (yariš, succession, race)
  • یاریم (yarim, an act of splitting; half)
Descendants
  • Uyghur: يارماق (yarmaq)
  • Uzbek: yormoq

Further reading

  • el-Buhari, Süleyman Özbeki (1881) “یارماق”, in لغت چغتای و ترکی عثمانی [Ottoman Turkish-Chagatai Dictionary]‎[1] (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 1, page 292
  • Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “یارمق”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎[2] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 524

Etymology 2

Inherited from Karakhanid یَرْماقْ, from Proto-Turkic *yarmak. Cognate with Old Anatolian Turkish یرمق (yarmaq).

Alternative forms

  • یارماغ (yarmağ)

Noun

یارماق (yarmaq) (plural یارماق‌لار (yarmaq-lar))

  1. (money) coin; a piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
    Synonym: درهم (dirhäm)
  2. money; a generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value.
  3. gold; a heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
    Synonyms: زر (zär), التون (altun)
  4. silver; a lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
    Synonyms: کومیش (kümiš), سیم (sīm)
Descendants

Further reading

  • el-Buhari, Süleyman Özbeki (1881) “یارماق”, in لغت چغتای و ترکی عثمانی [Ottoman Turkish-Chagatai Dictionary]‎[3] (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 1, page 292
  • Vámbery, Ármin (1867) “یارماغ”, in Ćagataische sprachstudien[4] (in German), Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, page 346
  • Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “یارماغ ق”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎[5] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 523