caymak
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish جایمق (caymak), variation of kaymak.
Verb
[edit]caymak (third-person singular simple present cayar)
- (with ablative) to change one's mind (from); to go back on one's promise
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جایمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 433b
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “caymak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN