اویمق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ōy- (“to pick, peck”).

Verb

اویمق • (oymak)

1. to excavate, scoop out
2. to scallop
3. to carve
4. to engrave

Derived terms

• اویمه (oyma)
• اویوم (oyum)

Related terms

• اویا (oya)
• اویلم (oylum)
• اویماق (oymak)

Descendants

• Turkish: oymak
• → Armenian: օյմիշ (ōymiš)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *ud- (“to follow, conform”).

Verb

اویمق • (uymak)

1. to conform to
2. to become arranged, settled
3. to come about
4. to come right, work out
5. to fit, match
6. to be seemly, proper, fitting
7. to suit, answer

Derived terms

• اویدرمق (uydurmak)
• اویغون (uyğun)
• اویلمق (uyulmak)
• ایمه (uyma)
• اوینتی (uyuntu)
• اویوم (uyum)
• اوییجی (uyucu)

Related terms

• اویصال (uysal)

Descendants

• Turkish: uymak
• → Armenian: ույմիշ (uymiš)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اویمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 275
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اویمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 206