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).

Synonyms

alev alev tutuşmak

ateş parıltısı

ütülenmek

bronzlaşmak

yaktırmak

çıtırdamak

esmerleşmek

haşlanmak

Translations

être en flammes

s’éclairer

s’ébouillanter

être en feu

s’allumer

Frequency

45k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/jɑnˈmɑk/
Etymology

In summary

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 ҫун (śun, “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-).

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