یومورطه

Ottoman Turkish
یومورطه

Alternative forms
  • یومرطه (yumurta), یومرده (yumurda), یمورطه (yumurta), یمورده (yumurda)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yumurtka (“egg”); cognate with Azerbaijani yumurta, Bashkir йомортҡа (yomortqa), Chuvash ҫӑмарта (śămart̬a), Kazakh жұмыртқа (jūmyrtqa), Kyrgyz жумуртка (jumurtka), Turkmen ýumurtga and Uzbek yumurtqa.

Noun

یومورطه • (yumurta) (plural یومورطه‌لر (yumurtalar))

  1. egg, an organic vessel grown by birds, reptiles, insects, and other animals
    Synonyms: بیضه (beyza), تخم (tohum)
  2. spawn, the numerous eggs released or deposited into water by aquatic animals

Derived terms
  • بالق یومورطه‌سی (balık yumurtası, “fish roe”)
  • يمورطالق (yumurtalık, “a town in Adana province”)
  • یومورطلامق (yumurtlamak, “to lay eggs”)
  • یومورطلانمق (yumurtlanmak, “to be laid (of eggs)”)
  • یومورطه آقی (yumurta akı, “white (of eggs)”)
  • یومورطه زاری (yumurta zarı, “amnion”)
  • یومورطه صاریسی (yumurta sarısı, “egg yolk”)
  • یومورطه‌جی (yumurtacı, “seller of eggs”)
  • یومورطه‌لی (yumurtalı, “brooding, that lays eggs”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: yumurta

Further reading
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