yumuşak
Meaning
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- soft; not hard or rigid
- mild; not harsh
- (figuratively) gentle, mild-mannered
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Hyphenated as
yu‧mu‧şak
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ju.muˈʃak/
Etymology
In summary
From Ottoman Turkish یومشاق (yumşak), from Proto-Turkic *yumĺčak or *yïmĺčak. Cognate with Old Uyghur jumšaq, Tatar йомшак (yomşaq), Kyrgyz жумшак (jumşak), Southern Altai јымжак (ǰïmžak), Kazakh жұмсақ (jūmsaq), Khakas нымзах (nımzax), Tuvan чымчак (çımçak), Yakut сымна (sımna), сымнаҕас (sımnağas), Salar mişaq, Chuvash ҫемҫе (śemś̬e, “soft”).
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