yıkmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ییقمق (yıkmak, to pull down, demolish, ruin, unload), from Proto-Turkic *yïk- (to crush).[1]

Verb

yıkmak (third-person singular simple present yıkar)

  1. to knock down, demolish
  2. to ravage

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • tahrip etmek

Derived terms

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jɨk-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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