yakmak

• IPA^(key): [jakmak]
• Hyphenation: yak‧mak

From Ottoman Turkish یاقمق (yakmak, “to burn”), from Proto-Turkic *yak- (“to burn”).^[1]

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”).

yakmak (third-person singular simple present yakar)

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

• (?) yanmak

• ateşe vermek
• tutuşturmak

Akin to Karakhanid [script needed] (yak-, “to come near, touch, smear on”), Uyghur ياقماق (yaqmaq, “to stick, adhere, smear on, apply to”).

yakmak (third-person singular simple present yakar)

1. (transitive) to apply to, smear on

• sürmek

• yakı