یاماق

Khalaj

Verb

یاماق (yâmaq)

1. Arabic spelling of yâmaq (“to churn butter”)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• یماق (yamak), یمق (yamak), یماغ (yamağ)

Etymology

یامامق (yamamak, “to patch”) +‎ ـق (-k)

Adjective

یاماق • (yamak)

1. patched

Noun

یاماق • (yamak)

1. helper, aid, assistant
2. recruit, a locally hired soldier at a detached fort

Descendants

• Turkish: yamak
• → Armenian: յամախ (yamax)
• → Aromanian: iamacâ
• → Bulgarian: яма́к (jamák)
• → Macedonian: јамак (jamak)
• → Romanian: iamac
• → Serbo-Croatian: ја̀мак／jàmak

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یاماق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1344b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاماق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2192b
• Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “یاماق”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 962