yamak

Meaning

  1. helper
  2. (historical) a recruit in various janissary corps
  3. (figuratively) a person of their word

Translations

Pronounced as (IPA)
/jaˈmak/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاماق (yamak). By surface analysis, yama- (“to patch, to repair”) + -k (noun-forming suffix).

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