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yemek

yemek

Turkish

Verb

yemek (third-person singular simple present yer)

  1. (transitive) to eat
  2. (transitive) to require, use up, consume
  3. (transitive, of an insect) to bite, eat someone up
  4. (transitive) to drain, wear someone down, take a lot out of someone
  5. (transitive, slang) to kill
  6. (transitive, slang) to lay, have sex with, kiss, lick, suck
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Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish یمك (yemek, food, meal). Cognate to Kipchak [Arabic needed] (yemek, food), ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *jē- (to eat), see etymology 1 above.

Noun

yemek (definite accusative yemeği, plural yemekler)

  1. meal, food
  2. repast
  3. dish, particular kind of food
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See also

  • yiyecek
  • öğün

References

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