yumuk

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Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یومق (yumuḳ, (of eyes, fist etc.) shut, closed),[1] from Ottoman Turkish یوممق (yummaḳ, to shut, to close), from Proto-Turkic *yum- (to close (eyes, mouth)),[2][3] morphologically yum- +‎ -uk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juˈmuk/
  • Hyphenation: yu‧muk

Adjective

yumuk

  1. Having been shut, closed.
    Synonyms: yumulu, kapalı
  2. (figuratively) Chubby, plump.

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References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یومق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2220
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “**jüm- / *jum-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yum-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • yumuk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu