yenmek

Pronunciation: [jænmec]

“yenmek” is a Turkish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

to defeat, overcome
to be eaten

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یكمك (yeŋmek), from Proto-Turkic *yẹŋ- (“to win”), a possible borrowing from Old Chinese 贏 (*leŋ, “to win”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yeŋ-, “to win”), Kazakh жеңу (jeŋüw), Kyrgyz жеңүү (jeŋüü), etc.

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