yontmak.
to shape sth. by cutting it; to chisel; to hew; to whittle; to dress (stone); to sculpt, sculpture
Meaning & usage
to shape sth. by cutting it; to chisel; to hew; to whittle; to dress (stone); to sculpt, sculpture
to point or sharpen
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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