یوماق

Chagatai

Etymology

Inherited from Karakhanid یُوماقْ (yūmʾq /⁠yūmaq⁠/), from Proto-Turkic *yu(b)-.

Verb

یوماق (yumaq, yûmâq)

  1. (transitive) to wash

Descendants

  • Uyghur: يۇماق (yumaq)
  • Uzbek: yuvmoq

Further reading

  • el-Buhari, Süleyman Özbeki (1881) “یوماق”, in لغت چغتای و ترکی عثمانی [Ottoman Turkish-Chagatai Dictionary]‎[1] (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 1, page 308
  • Schluessel, Eric (2018) “یوـ”, in An Introduction to Chaghatay: A Graded Textbook for Reading Central Asian Sources[2], Michigan Publishing, page 247
  • Shaw, Robert Barkley (1880) “یوماق”, in “Turki-English vocabulary” (chapter 2), in A Sketch of the Turki Language as Spoken in Eastern Turkistan (Káshgar and Yarkand)[3], Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, page 206
  • Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “یوماق”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎[4] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 550

Karakhanid

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yu(b)-

Verb

یُوماقْ (yūmʾq /yūmaq/) (third-person singular aorist یُورْ (yūr))

  1. (transitive) to wash
    اُلْ تُونْ یُودٖیʾul tūn yūdī /ol tōn yūdï/ ― he washed a dress

Descendants

Further reading

Khalaj

Verb

یوُماق (yûmaq)

  1. Arabic spelling of yûmaq (to wash)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yumgak (ball of wool; thread), a derivation from *yum (round), whence یومرو (yumru, round, globular).

Noun

یوماق • (yumak) (definite accusative یوماغی (yumağı), plural یوماقلر (yumaklar))

  1. clew, ball, a quantity of string, thread, or yarn wound into a spherical shape
    Synonyms: كلابه (kelabe), كلوله (gulule)
    ایپلك یوماغیiplik yumağıball of yarn

Derived terms

  • یوماقلامق (yumaklamak, to wind into a ball)
  • یوماقلانمق (yumaklanmak, to become a ball)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yumak
  • Armenian: իւմախ (iwmax)

Further reading