yaramaz

From yara- (“to be good enough”) +‎ -maz.

• IPA^(key): [jɑrɑˈmɑz]

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• Hyphenation: ya‧ra‧maz

yaramaz

1. good-for-nothing

   Synonym: yarıtmaz

2. mischievous, naughty

• yaramazca
  • yaramazcasına
• yaramazlıq

• → Armenian: յարամազ (yaramaz)
• → Talysh: yaramaz

Ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *yara- (“to be beneficial, useful, successful”), whence also the derivation yaramay (“bad”). Equivalent to yara- (“to be good enough; to please”) +‎ -maz.

yaramaz

1. bitchy, perverse, naughty

yaramaz

1. mischievous child, imp, naughty child or animal
   • 2016 September 29, Гирей Баиров, “Шамрат Халилов из деревни Стиля”, in Голос Крыма‎^[1], volume 38, number 78:

     Веринъиз манъа бу ярамазны

     Veriñiz maña bu yaramaznı!

     Give that imp to me!

2. piddler, frolicker, someone who screws around, someone who is being naughty
3. villain

• yaramazlanmaq (“to fool around”)
  • yaramazlaşmaq
• yaramazlıq (“naughtiness”)

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*yara-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Useinov, S. M. (2007) “ярамаз”, in Edije Muslimova, editor, Russko-krymskotatarskij, krymskotatarsko-russkij slovarʹ [Russian–Crimean Tatar, Crimean Tatar–Russian dictionary], Simferopol: Tezis, →ISBN, page 634

From Azerbaijani yaramaz.

yaramaz (Cyrillic јарамаз)

1. good-for-nothing
2. mischievous, naughty

yaramaz (Cyrillic јарамаз)

1. scoundrel, villain

• Pirejko, L. A. (1976) “јарамаз”, in Talyšsko-russkij slovarʹ [Talysh–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 115

From Ottoman Turkish یارامز (yaramaz). Form of yaramak.

yaramaz

1. useless
2. good-for-nothing
3. naughty; mischievous

• yaramazlık

yaramaz

1. third-person singular indicative negative aorist of yaramak

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “yaramaz”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یارامز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2182a