yanmak

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to burn, be on fire; to burn up, burn down
2. (intransitive) to be burned, scorched, or singed; to get a burn or scald; to get sunburned
3. (intransitive) to be blazing hot, be hot as blazes
4. (intransitive) to have fever, be feverish
5. (intransitive) to smart, suffer
6. (intransitive) to be in a bad predicament, be sunk, be done for, have had it; to get it in the neck; to be in the soup
7. (intransitive) to expire; to become void
8. (childish,intransitive) to be out, be eliminated
9. (childish,intransitive) to be out, be eliminated
10. (intransitive,with-dative) to feel great sadness (at); to feel bitter regret (for)
11. (intransitive) to be burning (with an emotion, a feeling), to have a burning desire (for).

Pronounced as (IPA)

/jɑnˈmɑk/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یانمق (yanmak, “to be burnt, suffer”), from Proto-Turkic *yan- (“to burn (intr.), blaze up”).
Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (yan-, “to burn”), Azerbaijani yanmaq, Crimean Tatar yanmaq (“to burn”), Bashkir яныу (yanıw, “to burn”), Chuvash ҫунма (śunma, “to burn, shine, worry, suffer”), Kazakh жану (janu, “to burn”), Kyrgyz жануу (januu, “to burn”), Turkmen ýanmak (“to be burnt”), Uzbek yonmoq (“to ignite, glow”), Yakut сандаар (sandaar, “to shine”) (< caus. *jan-tɨr-).