یامان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یمان (yaman), from Proto-Turkic *yaman (“bad, wicked”).

Cognates

cognate with Azerbaijani yaman, Bashkir яман (yaman), Kazakh жаман (jaman), Kumyk яман (yaman), Kyrgyz жаман (jaman), Turkmen ýaman, Uyghur يامان (yaman) and Uzbek yomon.

Adjective

یامان • (yaman)

  1. bad, evil, wicked, malicious, malevolent, intending to do harm, characterized by spite and malice
    Synonym: كوتی (kötü)

Derived terms

  • آدی یامان (adı yaman, “Adıyaman, a province in Turkey”)
  • یامانلانمق (yamanlanmak, “to become bad or wicked”)
  • یامانلق (yamanlık, “badness, wickedness”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yaman
  • → Armenian: յաման / եաման (yaman)
  • → Ubykh: еман (eman)

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