yemek

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ye‧mek

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یمك (yemek, “to eat, consume”), from Proto-Turkic *yē- (“to eat”).

Verb

yemek (third-person singular simple present yer)

1. (transitive) to eat

   Her gün iki öğün haşlanmış patates yemekten bıktım.

   I'm tired of eating boiled potatoes twice every day.

2. (transitive) to require, use up, consume
3. (transitive, of an insect) to bite, eat someone up
4. (transitive) to drain, wear someone down, take a lot out of someone
5. (transitive, slang) to kill
6. (transitive, slang) to lay, have sex with, kiss, lick, suck
7. (transitive, chess) to capture

   Piyon düz ve ileri doğru hareket etse de karşı oyuncunun taşlarını çapraz olarak yer.

   Even though the pawn moves straight and forward, it captures the opponent pieces diagonally.

8. (transitive, slang) to break (usually a low-cost household item)

   Kumandayı yemişsiniz yine.

   So you broke the TV remote again.

9. (transitive) to take the bait

Conjugation

Derived terms

(idiomatic expressions)

(derogatory, ironic) yediği önünde yemediği arkasında olmak — to live off the fat of the land

yeme de yanında yat (a meal) fit for a king)

(slang) kafayı yemek — go nuts

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish یمك (yemek, “food, meal”). Cognate to Kipchak (yemek, “food”), ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *jē- (“to eat”), see etymology 1 above.

Noun

yemek (definite accusative yemeği, plural yemekler)

1. meal, food
2. repast
3. dish, particular kind of food

Declension

Derived terms

• akşam yemeği

See also

• aş
• yiyecek
• öğün

References

Further reading

• yemek in Reverso (Turkish-English)