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yormak.

to interpret something as (good/bad); to take something to be a (good/bad) sign

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/joɾmɑk/
  1. to interpret something as (good/bad); to take something to be a (good/bad) sign

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish یورمق (yormak), from Proto-Turkic *yȫr- (“1. to untie 2. to explain, interpret”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yor-, “to explain, interpret (a dream)”), Turkmen ýormak (“to foretell, interpret”), Kyrgyz жоруу (joruu, “to interpret”), Kazakh жору (joruw, “to interpret”).

verb/joɾmɑk/
  1. to tire, weary, fatigue

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Turkic *yor- (“to tire”). According to Nişanyan Back-formation from yorulmak. Nişanyan also argues that the word yorgun (“tired”) that is attested in the 14th century derives from Old Anatolian Turkish yorı- “to walk”, see yürümek. However compare Turkmen ýormak (“to wear out”).

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