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yarmak.

to split, cleave, rend, slit; to cut or separate with a sharp tool

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/jaɾˈmak/
  1. to split, cleave, rend, slit; to cut or separate with a sharp tool

    transitive
  2. to split into two parts

    transitive
  3. to hack, chop

    transitive
  4. to breach, tear

    transitive
  5. to wound heavily

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یارمق (yarmak, “to split, rend”), from Old Anatolian Turkish یارمق (yarmaq), from Proto-Turkic *yār- (“to split”). Cognates Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (yar-, “to split, divide”), Azerbaijani yarmaq (“to cut through”), Bashkir ярыу (yarıw, “to split”), Chagatai یارماق (yarmaq, “to split”), Chuvash ҫур (śur, “to cut, split”), Kazakh жару (jaruw, “to split”), Khakas чарарға (çararğa, “to split, divide”), Kyrgyz жаруу (jaruu, “to split”), Southern Altai јарар (ǰarar, “to cut, hack, split”), Tatar яру (yaru, “to split”), Turkmen ýārmak (“to cut up”), Tuvan чарар (çarar, “to split”), Uyghur يارماق (yarmaq, “to split”), Uzbek yormoq (“to split”), Yakut саркаах (sarkaax, “split (adj.)”).

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