kınamak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قنامق (kınamak),[1] from Proto-Turkic *kï̄yna- [2]. Cognate with Azerbaijani qınamaq, Chuvash хӗн (hĕn, suffering).

The name fell into disuse by the late Ottoman era[1] and was revived during the language reform to replace ayıplamak (based on Arabic عَيْب (ʕayb)) and takbih etmek (based on Arabic تَقْبِيح (taqbīḥ).

Verb

kınamak (third-person singular simple present kınar)

  1. (transitive) to reproach, reprobate
  2. (transitive) to condemn, frown upon, to criticize, judge
    Bu yaptığınızdan dolayı sizi kınıyorum.
    I condemn you for what you have done.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Kélékian, Diran (1911), قنامق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 973b
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *Kɨ̄jn”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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