yormak

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Turkish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Ottoman Turkish یورمق (yormak), from Proto-Turkic *yȫr- (1. to untie 2. to explain, interpret).[1][2][3] Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yor-, to explain, interpret (a dream)), Turkmen ýormak (to foretell, interpret), Kyrgyz жоруу (joruu, to interpret), Kazakh жору (joru, to interpret).

Verb

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yormak (third-person singular simple present yorar)

  1. (transitive) to interpret something as (good/bad); to take something to be a (good/bad) sign
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Turkic *yor- (to tire).[4] According to Nişanyan Back-formation from yorulmak. Nişanyan also argues that the word yorgun (tired) that is attested in the 14th century derives from Old Anatolian Turkish yorı- “to walk”,[5] see yürümek. However compare Turkmen ýormak (to wear out).

Verb

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yormak (third-person singular simple present yorar)

  1. (transitive) to tire, weary, fatigue
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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jor-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yör-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 955
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yormak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  4. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jor-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  5. ^ "yor-" - nişanyansözlük