kaynamak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قاینامق, from Proto-Turkic *kạyïn- (to boil (intr.))[1]. Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (kaña-), [script needed] (kayın-, to boil; (for metals) to melt) [2], Kazakh қайнау (qainau), Uzbek qaynamoq, Azerbaijani qaynamaq (to boil).

Verb

kaynamak (third-person singular simple present kaynar)

  1. (intransitive) to boil, to come to the state of vaporizing
    Basınç arttıkça su daha yüksek sıcaklıkta kaynar.When pressure rises, water boils at a higher temperature.
  2. (intransitive) to boil, to be cooked, to stew
  3. (intransitive) to become welded, knit.
  4. (intransitive) to swarm, to teem, to abound

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References

  1. 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: “*keju ( ~ k`-)”
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), kaynamak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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