kak

Meaning

Noun

1. (colloquial, dialectal) Dried fruits like apples, pears, apricots, peaches etc.
2. (colloquial, dialectal) Dried meat.
3. (dialectal, figuratively) A skinny person.
4. (dialectal) A pool of rain water on mountains or between rocks.

Verb

second-person singular imperative of kakmak

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kakmak

1. (transitive) to beetle, tack down, mall
2. (transitive) to embed, inlay
3. (transitive) to push, tap sth. in
4. to inscribe

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Synonyms

yarma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkak/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: قاق

Cognate with Azerbaijani: qax

Cognate with Crimean Tatar: qaq

Cognate with Karakhanid: قاقْ

Cognate with Turkmen: kak

Cognate with Uzbek: qoq

Cognate with Tatar: как

Cognate with Uyghur: قاق

Cognate with Karachay-Balkar: как

Cognate with Kuman: قاق

Cognate with West Yugur: qʰaq

Cognate with Bashkir: ҡаҡ

Cognate with Nogai: как

Cognate with Chagatai: قَاقْ

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاق (ḳaḳ), from Proto-Turkic *kak (“dry”).
Cognates
Azerbaijani qax
Bashkir ҡаҡ (qaq, “empty”)
Chagatai قَاقْ (qāq)
Crimean Tatar qaq
Karachay-Balkar как (kak)
Karakhanid قاقْ (qaq)
Kipchak قاق
Nogai как (kak)
Tatar как (qak) qaq
Turkmen kak
Uyghur قاق (qaq)
Uzbek qoq
Western Yugur qʰaq