yumaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic јумаг
Roman yumaq
Perso-Arabic یوماق

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *yu(b)- (to wash)[1]. Cogante with Turkish yumak, Chuvash ҫу (śu) etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [juˈmɑχ]
  • Hyphenation: yu‧maq

Verb

yumaq

  1. (transitive) to wash
    qab yumaqto wash the dishes
    paltar yumaqto do the laundry (literally, “to wash clothes”)
  2. (transitive, by extension) to clean
    dişləri yumaqbrush one's teeth (literally, “to clean one's teeth”)
    Synonym: təmizləmək
  3. (money, transitive) to launder
    pul yumaqto laundry money
  4. (transitive) to wash away (often used as a converb, followed by aparmaq (“to carry away”))
    • 2018 May 15, AzerTac:
      Güclü yağış trası, demək olar, yuyub aparmışdı.
      An intense rainfall practically washed away the highway.
  5. (transitive, lofty) to wash away, redeem, atone
    günahları yumaqto redeem the sins
    öz qanı ilə təqsirləri yumaqto wash away the wrongdoings with one's own blood
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • beyin yumaq (to brainwash)

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *ju(b)-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 2

Derived from Proto-Turkic *jum- (round), whence also yumru, and perhaps also yumurta. Cognate with Turkish yumak. See there for more cognates.

yumaq (Etymology 2)

Noun

yumaq (definite accusative yumağı, plural yumaqlar)

  1. yarn ball, clew (of thread), ball of wool
Declension
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