yamak

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاماق (yamak). By surface analysis, yama- (“to patch, to repair”) +‎ -k (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaˈmak/
• Hyphenation: ya‧mak

Noun

yamak (definite accusative yamağı, plural yamaklar)

1. helper

   Synonym: el ulağı

2. (historical, military) a recruit in various janissary corps
3. (figurative) a person of their word

Declension

Declension of yamak

	singular	plural
nominative	yamak	yamaklar
definite accusative	yamağı	yamakları
dative	yamağa	yamaklara
locative	yamakta	yamaklarda
ablative	yamaktan	yamaklardan
genitive	yamağın	yamakların

Derived terms

• ağa yamağı
• aşçı yamağı

Further reading

• “yamak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yamak²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5185b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yamak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük