yakmak

Meaning

1. (transitive) to light; to ignite; to set fire to, set on fire
2. (transitive) to scorch, sear, burn
3. (transitive) to burn down, incinerate
4. (transitive) to turn on, light (electric lights)
5. (transitive) to burn; to irritate, bite, scathe

Hyphenated as

yak‧mak

Pronounced as (IPA)

[jakmak]

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یاقمق (yakmak, “to burn”), from Proto-Turkic *yak- (“to burn”).
Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (yak-, “to burn”), Chuvash ҫут (śut, “to set on fire, light”), Kazakh жағу (jağu, “to burn”), Kyrgyz жагуу (jaguu, “to burn”), Turkmen ýakmak (“to burn”), Uyghur ياقماق (yaqmaq, “to kindle, light”), Uzbek yoqmoq (“to burn”), Yakut сах (saq, “to strike fire”).

Sentences

Benim sakalım tutuştu, sen cigara yakmak istersin.

My beard is on fire, you want to smoke a cigarette.