yumuşak

== Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish یومشاق (yumşak), from Proto-Turkic *yumĺčak or *yïmĺčak. Cognate with Old Uyghur jumšaq, Tatar йомшак (yomşaq), Kyrgyz жумшак (jumşak), Southern Altai јымжак (ǰïmžak), Kazakh жұмсақ (jūmsaq), Khakas нымзах (nımzax), Tuvan чымчак (çımçak), Yakut сымна (sïmna), сымнаҕас (sïmnağas), Salar mişaq, Chuvash ҫемҫе (śemś̬e, “soft”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ju.muˈʃak/ Hyphenation: yu‧mu‧şak === Adjective === yumuşak soft; not hard or rigid Antonym: sert mild; not harsh (figuratively) gentle, mild-mannered ==== Declension ==== === Noun === yumuşak (definite accusative yumuşağı, plural yumuşaklar) (slang) gay, queer ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “yumuşak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “yumuşak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5384