yenmek

== Turkish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [jænmec] Hyphenation: yen‧mek === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یكمك (yeŋmek), from Proto-Turkic *yẹŋ- (“to win”), a possible borrowing from Old Chinese 贏 (*leŋ, “to win”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yeŋ-, “to win”), Kazakh жеңу (jeñu), Kyrgyz жеңүү (jeŋüü), etc. ==== Verb ==== yenmek (third-person singular simple present yener) (transitive) to defeat, overcome ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== yenilmek yendirmek (rare) === Etymology 2 === Passive form of yemek (“to eat”). ==== Verb ==== yenmek (third-person singular simple present yenir) to be eaten ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== yenilmek === Further reading === “yenmek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu