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yenmek.

to defeat, overcome

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb[jænmec]
  1. to defeat, overcome

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یكمك (yeŋmek), from Proto-Turkic *yẹŋ- (“to win”), a possible borrowing from Old Chinese 贏 (*leŋ, “to win”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yeŋ-, “to win”), Kazakh жеңу (jeŋüw), Kyrgyz жеңүү (jeŋüü), etc.

verb[jænmec]
  1. to be eaten

Where this word comes from

Passive form of yemek (“to eat”).

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