یالامق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • یلامق (yalamak)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yalga- (“to lick”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰞𐰍𐰀 (yalɣa-), Azerbaijani yalamaq, Bashkir ялау (yalaw), Chuvash ҫула (śula), Kazakh жалау (jalau), Kyrgyz жалоо (jaloo), Turkmen ýalamak, Uyghur يالىماق (yalimaq) and Uzbek yalamoq.

Verb

یالامق • (yalamak) (third-person singular aorist یالار (yalar))

  1. (transitive) to lick, lick up, lap, to stroke, consume, or take in with the tongue
    Synonym: لحس ایتمك (lahs etmek)
  2. (transitive) to graze, to rub or touch lightly the surface of a thing in passing

Derived terms

  • بال طوتان پرماغنی یالار (bal tutan parmağını yalar, “who manages for another first, takes care of himself”, literally “who holds honey, licks his fingers”)
  • توكروكنی یالامق (tükrüğnü yalamak, “to give up a purpose”)
  • یالاتمق (yalatmak, “to make or let be licked”)
  • یالاشمق (yalaşmak, “to lick mutually”)
  • یالانلمق (yalanılmak, “to be licked up”)
  • یالانمق (yalanmak, “to lick one's self”)
  • یالایجی (yalayıcı, “an abitual licker”)
  • یالاق (yalak, “trough”)
  • یالان (yalan, “lie, falsehood”)
  • یالاواج (yalavac, “prophet”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yalamak

Further reading

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