yanmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یانمق (yanmak, “to be burnt, suffer”), from Proto-Turkic *yan- (“to burn (intr.), blaze up”).

Cognate with Karakhanid (yan-, “to burn”), Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar yanmaq (“to burn”), Bashkir яныу (yanıw, “to burn”), Chuvash ҫунма (śunma, “to burn, shine, worry, suffer”), Kazakh жану (janu, “to burn”), Kyrgyz жануу (januu, “to burn”), Turkmen ýanmak (“to be burnt”), Uzbek yonmoq (“to ignite, glow”), Yakut сандаар (sandaar, “to shine”) (< caus. *jan-tɨr-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑnˈmɑk/

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Verb

yanmak (third-person singular simple present yanar)

1. (intransitive) to burn, be on fire; to burn up, burn down
2. (intransitive) to be burned, scorched, or singed; to get a burn or scald; to get sunburned
3. (intransitive, for a place) to be blazing hot, be hot as blazes
4. (intransitive) to have fever, be feverish
5. (intransitive) to smart, suffer
6. (intransitive) to be in a bad predicament, be sunk, be done for, have had it; to get it in the neck; to be in the soup
7. (intransitive) to expire; to become void
8. (intransitive, childish) to be out, be eliminated
   1. (intransitive, childish, video games) to die, to lose

      Sen yanınca sıra kardeşinde.

      Your little brother will start playing when you lose.

9. (intransitive, with dative case) to feel great sadness (at); to feel bitter regret (for)
10. (intransitive) to be burning (with an emotion, a feeling), to have a burning desire (for).

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