oymak

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ojˈmɑk]
  • Hyphenation: oy‧mak

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish اویماق, from Mongolian аймаг (ajmag). Cognate with Yakut аймах (aymaq).

Noun

oymak (definite accusative oymağı, plural oymaklar)

  1. (sociology) tribe
Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *ōy- (to pick, peck).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic oj- (to chisel; to make a deepening, to hollow sth. out)[2], Azerbaijani oymaq (to carve, excavate), Bashkir уйыу (uyıw, to hollow), Kazakh ою (, to etch), Kyrgyz оюу (oyuu, to ornament, etch), Southern Altai ойор (oyor, to pierce), Turkmen oýmak (to carve), Uzbek oʻymoq (to carve).

Verb

oymak (third-person singular simple present oyar)

  1. (transitive) to cut, chisel, carve, or engrave a design in/upon sth.; to hollow sth. out
Conjugation
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • oyma
  • oyuş
  • oyuk
  • oyuntu
  • oyucu
  • oyulmak
  • oydurmak

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*ṓjV”
  2. , Древнетюркский Словарь. Изд. 2 Е, Пересмотр. Астана, 2016. (p.388)
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