yıkamak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish يايقامق (yaykamak, to wash), from Old Turkic [script needed] (yayka-, to shake, rinse). There are two theories about the further etymology:

  • Altaicists construct Proto-Turkic *jAńka- (to shake, bring into motion), and derive it from Proto-Altaic *leńa ("to incline, sway, shake").[1] Compare Mongolian найгах (najgah, to shake, sway).
  • According to Nişanyan it is derived from Old Turkic [script needed] (yayık, agitation, playful, unstable), derived from Old Turkic [script needed] (yay-, to shake, rinse),[2] therefore it must be a secondary form derived from Proto-Turkic *jāj- (to shake, rinse). See yayık.

Compare çalkalamak for a similar semantic reach.

Verb

yıkamak (third-person singular simple present yıkar)

  1. (transitive) to wash
    Arabamı yıkayacağım.I will wash my car.

Conjugation

Derived terms

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

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*leńa”
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), yıka-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.