kaymak

== English == === Alternative forms === kaimak, kajmak === Etymology === Borrowed from Turkish kaymak (“cream”), from Ottoman Turkish قایماق. === Pronunciation === === Noun === kaymak (uncountable) A creamy dairy product, similar to clotted cream, made in the Balkans, Turkey, the Middle East, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, and India. It is made from the milk of water buffalos in the East or of cows in the West. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === kaymak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Turkish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaj.mak/ Hyphenation: kay‧mak === Etymology 1 === From Ottoman Turkish قایماق (kaymak), from Proto-Turkic *kańak. Cognate to Azerbaijani qaymaq, Bashkir ҡаймаҡ (qaymaq), Chuvash хӑйма (hăjma) ==== Noun ==== kaymak (definite accusative kaymağı, plural kaymaklar) kaymak (figuratively) best part of something ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قایمق (kaymak), from Old Anatolian Turkish قایمق (qaymaq), from Proto-Turkic *kād- (“to turn”). The dominant meaning of the word was "to turn" up until the 15th Century. The new sense, according to Nişanyan, developed from the idiom ayağı kaymak. ==== Verb ==== kaymak (third-person singular simple present kayar) (intransitive) to slide; to slip, skid Karlı yolda kayıp belini incitti. ― He slipped on a snowy road and hurt his waist. (intransitive) to shift İlgim gitardan piyanoya kaydı. ― My interest shifted from the guitar to the piano. (transitive, slang) to fuck, insult, swear [with dative] Sana çok kötü kaymak üzereyim. ― I am about to insult you very badly. (transitive, slang, vulgar) to fuck, copulate [with dative] Synonym: sikmek (intransitive) to ski dağda kaymak ― to ski in a mountain ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Further reading === “kaymak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kaymak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kaymak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük