yağmaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic јағмаг
Perso-Arabic یاغماق‎

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yag- (“to rain”).[1] Cognate with Turkish yağmak, Kazakh жауу (jauu), Chuvash ҫу (śu), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɑɣˈmɑχ/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: yağ‧maq

Verb

yağmaq (intransitive)

  1. to rain, to rain down
    Yağış yağır ― It is raining. (literally, “The rain is raining.”)
  2. (figuratively) to radiate
    Gözündən nur yağır. ― His eyes shine with kindness. (literally, “Light radiates from his eyes.”)
    Üzündən sevinc yağır. ― His face shines with joy. (literally, “Joy radiates from his face.”)
    Sir-sifətindən zəhrimar yağır. ― He glares, glowers. (literally, “Venom radiates from his mug.”)
  3. (literally and figuratively) to pour forth (to strike many times and/or very intensely)
    • 2005, İsa Muğanna, Qəbristan‎, →ISBN; republished as İsa Muğanna. Seçilmiş Əsərləri. Altı cilddə., volume 5, Baku: Avrasiya Press, 2009, page 19:
      İcra Başçısı Məsi Qonaqlının dalınca qarğış, söyüş yağırdı.
      [A torrent of] cursing and swearing poured forth upon the mayor Masi Gonagli.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • yağdırmaq (“to shower, heap”)
  • yağış (“rain”)
    • yağışlı (“rainy”)
    • yağışlıq (“rain”)
  • yağmur (“rain”)
    • yağmurlu (“rainy”)
      • yağmurluluq (“raininess”)
  • yağın (“precipitation”)
    • yağıntı (“precipitation”)
      • yağıntılı (“rainy”)
      • yağıntılıq (“raininess”)

References

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

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yag- (“to rain”).

Verb

yağmaq

  1. to shower, to rain

Conjugation

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic یاغماق‎

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yag- (“to rain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yaɣˈmaq/

Verb

yağmaq

  1. to rain

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
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