یومق

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yu(b)- (to wash).

Verb

یومق • (yumaq) (third-person singular aorist یور (yur))

  1. (transitive) to wash out, rinse, to clean

Derived terms

  • یودرمق (yudurmaq, to make clean)
  • یونمق (yunmaq, to clean oneself)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: yumaq
  • Ottoman Turkish: یومق (yumak)
    • Turkish: yumak, (dialectal) yuvmak, (dialectal) yümek

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “yumak [یومق]”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 782
  • “yumak, (yuymak (I), yuğmak)”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
  • Çetin, Hasan Ali (2020) “yumaḳ, [yuymaḳ, yuġmaḳ]”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Eczacılık ve Tıp Terimleri Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Pharmacy and Medicine Dictionary] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1365)‎[2], 2025 edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, →ISBN, page 312

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یومق (yumaq, to wash out, rinse), from Proto-Turkic *yu(b)- (to wash).

Verb

یومق • (yumak) (third-person singular aorist یور (yur))

  1. (transitive) to wash, wash out, rinse, scour, flush, to clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent
    Synonym: ییقامق (yıkamak)
Derived terms
  • ال یومق (el yumak, to have nothing to do with a matter, literally to wash one's hand)
Descendants
  • Turkish: yumak, (dialectal) yuvmak, (dialectal) yümek

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

یومق • (yumak) (definite accusative یومغی (yumağı), plural یومقلر (yumaklar))

  1. alternative spelling of یوماق (yumak, clew, ball of yarn)

Further reading