یاپشمق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yạpïĺč- (“to glue, stick to”);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani yapışmaq, Bashkir йәбешеү (yəbeşew), Chuvash сыпӑҫ (syp̬ăś), Kazakh жабысу (jabysu), Kyrgyz жабышуу (jabışuu), Turkmen ýapyşmak, Uzbek yopishmoq and Yakut сыһын (sıhın).

Verb

یاپشمق • (yapışmak)

  1. (intransitive) to stick, adhere, cling, cleave, to become or remain attached
    Synonym: اولاشمق (ulaşmak)
  2. (intransitive) to interfere, to get involved with a person causing disturbance
    Synonym: پرمقلمق (parmaklamak)

Derived terms

  • یاپشدرمق (yapışdırmak, “to make or let stick”)
  • یاپشق (yapışık, “closely applied, adhering”)
  • یاپشقان (yapışkan, “sticky, adhesive, viscous”)
  • یاپشمه (yapışma, “sticking, adhering”)
  • یاپشیجی (yapışıcı, “that abitually sticks”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yapışmak
  • → Armenian: յափըշմիշ (yapʻəšmiš)

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jạp-ɨĺč-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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