yenmek

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Turkish

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: yen‧mek
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یكمك (yeŋmek), from Proto-Turkic *yẹŋ- (to win), a possible borrowing from Old Chinese (*leŋ, to win). Cognate with Old Turkic (yeŋ-, to win), Kazakh жеңу (jeñu), Kyrgyz жеңүү (jeŋüü), etc.

Verb

yenmek (third-person singular simple present yener)

  1. (transitive) to defeat, overcome
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Etymology 2

Passive form of yemek (to eat).

Verb

yenmek (third-person singular simple present yenir)

  1. to be eaten
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Further reading

  • yenmek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu