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yontmak.

to shape sth. by cutting it; to chisel; to hew; to whittle; to dress (stone); to sculpt, sculpture

7 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to shape sth. by cutting it; to chisel; to hew; to whittle; to dress (stone); to sculpt, sculpture

    transitive
  2. to point or sharpen

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish یونتمق (yontmak, “to cut and chip, to pare down”), causative of یونمق (yonmak), from Proto-Turkic *yōn- (“to adze, plane”). The causative form took the place of the original verb. Related to Old Turkic [script needed] (yon-, “to shave, scrape”), Azerbaijani yonmaq (“to hew, shave”) Kyrgyz жонуу (jonuu, “to whittle, hew”), Southern Altai јонор (ǰonor, “to plain, shave, slice, hew”), Uzbek yoʻnmoq.

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