yontmak
Meaning
- (transitive) to shape sth. by cutting it; to chisel; to hew; to whittle; to dress (stone); to sculpt, sculpture
- (transitive) to point or sharpen
Synonyms
heykeltraşlık yapmak
heykel yapmak
heykelini yapmak
çabalayarak yapmak
bıçakla kesmek
sivriltmek
törpülemek
yumuşatmak
adam etmek
uğraşıp yapmak
oylumlamak
yontarak yapmak
Translations
Etymology
In summary
From Ottoman Turkish یونتمق (yontmak, “to cut and chip, to pare down”), causative of یونمق (yonmak), from Proto-Turkic *yōn- (“to adze, plane”). The causative form took the place of the original verb. Related to Old Turkic [script needed] (yon-, “to shave, scrape”), Azerbaijani yonmaq (“to hew, shave”) Kyrgyz жонуу (jonuu, “to whittle, hew”), Southern Altai јонор (ǰonor, “to plain, shave, slice, hew”), Uzbek yoʻnmoq.
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