yıkamak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یایقامق (yaykamak, “to wash”). There are two theories about the further etymology:

• According to Nişanyan and Clauson it is derived from Old Turkic (yayık, “agitation, playful, unstable”), derived from Old Turkic (yay-, “to shake, rinse”), therefore it must be a secondary form derived from Proto-Turkic *yāń- (“to shake”). See yayık.
• Altaicists construct Proto-Turkic *yańka- (“to shake, bring into motion”), and derive it (compare Mongolian найгах (najgax, “to shake, sway”)) from a Proto-Altaic root meaning "to incline, sway, shake". However, the Altaic theory is now widely discredited.

Compare çalkalamak for a similar semantic reach. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰪 (yań-, “to scatter”), Khalaj yâmaq (“to churn butter”), Azerbaijani yaxalamaq (“to rinse”), Turkmen yāymak (“to churn butter”).

Verb

yıkamak (third-person singular simple present yıkar)

1. (transitive) to wash

   Arabamı yıkayacağım. ― I will wash my car.

Conjugation

4=yıkar
5=a

Synonyms

• yumak

Derived terms

• yıkama
• yıkayış
• yıkanmak
• yıkatmak
• yıkamamak
• yıkayamamak
• yıkayabilmek

Related terms

• yayık

References