yamak
noun- helper
- a recruit in various janissary corps
- a person of their word
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe k of yamak becomes ğ before a vowel: yamağım. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The k of yamak becomes ğ before a vowel: yamağında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: yamağında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The k of yamak becomes ğ before a vowel: yamağıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: yamağıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Rüşdiye tahsili bile görmemiş yalınayak, başıkabak, bir uşak yamağının ip ameleliğinden ustabaşılığa, ustabaşlıktan fabrikatörlüğe, fabrikatörlükten müteahhitliğe sıçradığını, müteahhitlikten otomobille milyonerliğe doğru yürüdüğünü görmek -bilmem niçin- bana acı geliyordu.
Günlük olarak binlerce kişiyi doyurma kapasitesine sahip olan bu devasa alanda, yüzlerce yetenekli aşçı ve yamak eşgüdüm içinde çalışırdı.
In this massive area, which had the capacity to feed thousands of people daily, hundreds of talented cooks and apprentices worked in coordination.
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