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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

yama.

birthmark

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. birthmark

  2. patch

  3. patch

  4. reprint, slug, build-up

  5. graft

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish یامه (yama), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yama- (“to patch”), whence also Turkish yama- (“to patch”). Cognates Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (jamaγ, “patch”); Kazakh жамау (jamaw), Kyrgyz жамоо (jamoo), Karachay-Balkar жамау (jamau), Kumyk ямав (yamaw, “patch”); Uzbek yamoq, Uyghur ياماق (yamaq, “patch”); Turkmen ýama, Bashkir ямау (yamaw), Azerbaijani yamaq (“patch”); also Yakut самалык (samalïk, “patch”).

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