yenmek

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jænmec]
  • Hyphenation: yen‧mek
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Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish یكمك‎ (yeŋmek), from Proto-Turkic *yẹŋ- (“to win”), a possible borrowing from Old Chinese 贏 (*leŋ, “to win”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yeŋ-, “to win”), Kazakh жеңу (jeñu), Kyrgyz жеңүү (jeŋüü), etc.

Verb

yenmek (third-person singular simple present yener)

  1. (transitive) to defeat, overcome
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

Passive form of yemek (“to eat”).

Verb

yenmek (third-person singular simple present yenir)

  1. to be eaten
Derived terms
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