yıkamak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یایقامق (yaykamak, to wash). There are two theories about the further etymology:

  • 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),[1] therefore it must be a secondary form derived from Proto-Turkic *yāy- (to shake, rinse). See yayık.
  • Altaicists construct Proto-Turkic *yańka- (to shake, bring into motion), and derive it (compare Mongolian найгах (najgax, to shake, sway)) from a Proto-Altaic root meaning "to incline, sway, shake".[2] However, the Altaic theory is now widely discredited.

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

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

References

  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), yıka-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. 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”
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