ییقامق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in the second half of the 19th century as yıka-,[1] from older یایقامق (yaykamak), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (yaykamak), from Proto-Turkic *yańka- (“to wash, rinse”), a development of *yāń- (“to shake”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani yaxalamaq, Kazakh жайқалу (jaiqalu), Kyrgyz жайкоо (jaykoo), Salar yıqağusı and Turkmen ýaýkalamak.

Verb

ییقامق • (yıkamak) (third-person singular aorist ییقار (yıkar))

  1. (transitive) to wash, wash out, rinse, flush
    Synonym: یومق (yumak)
    • 1892 April 2, معارف [ma'arif, Knowledge], نصایح و ادارهٔ بیتیه [nasayih ve idare-i beytiye], page 191:
      بش قاشق مقداری پرنج و بر بچق لیتره سود آلكز، پرنجی ایلیق سوده ییقاییكز، و عین زمانده سودی ملایم بر آتش اوزرینه وضع ایدیكز.
      Beş kaşık mikdarı pirinç ve bir buçuk litre süd alınız, pirinci ılık suda yıkayınız, ve aynı zamanda südü mülayim bir ateş üzerine vazı ediniz.
      Take five spoonfuls of rice and a liter and a half of milk, rinse the rice in warm water, and at the same time set the milk on a low heat.
  2. (transitive) to bathe, to clean a person by immersion in water or using water, to give someone a bath

Derived terms

  • چاماشیر ییقامق (çamaşır yıkamak, “to do the laundry”)
  • ییقاتمق (yıkatmak, “to make or let be washed”)
  • ییقامه (yıkama, “washing, wash”)
  • ییقانمق (yıkanmak, “to be washed or rinsed”)
  • ییقایجی (yıkayıcı, “washer, rinser”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yıkamak

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yıka-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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