[jeˈmæc], [jeˈmɑχ], [jiˈmæχ]
OriginFrom Old Anatolian Turkish یِمَكْ (yemäk), from Proto-Turkic *yē-. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰘𐰇 (y²iy²ü, “to eat”), Gagauz imää, Turkish yemek, Turkmen iýmek, Salar yegüsi etc.
- transitiveto eat
“Xudayar bәy yeyib qarnı tox vә yeddi manatı сibinә qoyub, arxayın vә rahat uzanıb yatdı.” — Sir Khudayar, after eating well and putting seven manats in his pocket, lay down and slept in a confident, comfortable way.
“xörək yemək” — eat food
“meyvə yemək” — eat fruits
- colloquial, transitiveto sting, to bite
“Qollarımı başdan-başa ağcaqanad yeyib.” — Mosquitoes have bitten my arms from head to toe.
- transitiveTo erode, to carve, to destroy, to eat away.
“Su sahili yeyib dağıdır.” — The water had eaten away the banks
“Dəmiri pas yeyir.” — Rust erodes the iron.
“Qələvi dəriyə aşındırıcı təsir edir, onu yeyir.” — Alkali has an abrasive effect on the skin, eating it away.
- transitiveTo destroy, corrupt by gnawing, eating away.
“Xalçanı güvə yeyib” — The moth has destroyed the carpet
“Meyvələri qurd yeyib” — Worms corrupted the fruits
- colloquial, transitiveto receive (connotes that the thing received is a bad thing to receive)
“Sevdiyim qızdan atval yedim.” — I got a rejection from a girl I loved.
“Orada paylaşım daha eləyəmmirəm, ban yedim.” — I can't post there anymore, I got a ban.
- transitivefood
“Yeməyivi ye!” — Eat your food!
“— Yemək yemisinizmi?
— Hələ yemək yeməmişik” — "Have you eaten?"
"We haven't eaten yet"
- transitivemeal
- transitivedish
- transitivedaily bread
Formsyeyən(non-past, participle, subjective) · yemiş(participle, past, subjective) · yeyəcək(definite, future, participle, subjective) · (mənim +) yeyəcəyim(error-unrecognized-form) · (sənin +) yeyəcəyin(error-unrecognized-form) · (onun +) yeyəcəyi(error-unrecognized-form) · (bizim +) yeyəcəyimiz(error-unrecognized-form) · (sizin +) yeyəcəyiniz(error-unrecognized-form) · (onların +) yeyəcəyi(error-unrecognized-form) · yeyəcəkləri(error-unrecognized-form) · (mənim +) yediyim(error-unrecognized-form) · (sənin +) yediyin(error-unrecognized-form) · (onun +) yediyi(error-unrecognized-form) · (bizim +) yediyimiz(error-unrecognized-form) · (sizin +) yediyiniz(error-unrecognized-form) · (onların +) yediyi(error-unrecognized-form) · yedikləri(error-unrecognized-form) · yeyib(converb) · yeyəndə(general, participle, temporal) · yedikcə(intensifier, participle)