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yem

Pronunciation: /ˈjem/

“yem” is a Turkish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. feed, fodder
  2. bait (substance used to allure animals)
  3. bait (anything which allures)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یم (yem, “food, ration, bait; primer (for a gun)”), from Proto-Turkic *yēm, *yē- (“to eat”). Cognates Azerbaijani yem Bashkir ем (yem) Chagatai ییم (yem) Karakhanid یِیمْ (yem) Kazakh жем (jem) Kumyk ем (yem) Kyrgyz жем (jem) Nogai ем (yem) Southern Altai јем (ǰem) Tatar җим (cim), cim Uyghur يەم (yem) Uzbek yem

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