yıkamak

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ییقامق (yıkamak, “to wash, rinse; to bathe”). There are two theories about the further etymology: According to Nişanyan and Clauson it is derived from Old Turkic [script needed] (yayık, “agitation, playful, unstable”), derived from Old Turkic [script needed] (yay-, “to shake, rinse”), therefore it must be a secondary form derived from Proto-Turkic *yāń- (“to shake”). See yayık. Altaicists construct Proto-Turkic *yańka- (“to shake, bring into motion”), and derive it (compare Mongolian найгах (najgax, “to shake, sway”)) from a Proto-Altaic root meaning "to incline, sway, shake". However, the Altaic theory is now widely discredited. Compare çalkalamak for a similar semantic reach. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰪 (yań-, “to scatter”), Khalaj yâmaq (“to churn butter”), Azerbaijani yaxalamaq (“to rinse”), Turkmen yāymak (“to churn butter”). === Verb === yıkamak (third-person singular simple present yıkar) (transitive) to wash Arabamı yıkayacağım. ― I will wash my car. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== yumak ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== yayık === References ===