# yanmaq
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yan- (“to burn (intr.), blaze up”). Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (yan-, “to burn”), Turkish yanmak, Crimean Tatar yanmaq (“to burn”), Bashkir яныу (yanıw, “to burn”), Chuvash ҫунма (śunma, “to burn, shine, worry, suffer”), Kazakh жану (janu, “to burn”), Kyrgyz жануу (januu, “to burn”), Turkmen ýanmak (“to be burnt”), Uzbek yonmoq (“to ignite, glow”), Yakut сандаар (sandaar, “to shine”) (< caus. *jan-tɨr-).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jɑnmɑχ], [jɑmːɑχ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: yan‧maq

### Verb

yanmaq (intransitive)
* to burn, to get consumed by fire
    Sobada odun yanırdı. ― The firewood was burning in the stove.
    Stolun üstündə şam yanır. ― A candle is burning on the table.
* to burn down, to get destroyed by fire
** 1536 – 1610, Muhammad Amani :Eşq oduna yandı bağrım Yarəbb, görəmmi didarın? Dağdan ağır oldu ağrım Yarəbb, görəmmi didarınMy heart burned in the fire of love, Oh Lord, will I see your face? My pain became heavier than the mountain, Oh Lord, will I see your face?
    İkimərtəbəli ev təmamilə yanıb. ― A two floor house burnt down completely.
* to get damaged by heat or fire
** 2017 July 29, Leyla Əliəkbər, N-Xeber.com‎:Təxminən 3-4 yaşım olardı, təndirə düşüb elə yanmışdım ki, dözə bilmirdim.I was approximately 3-4 years old, I fell into a tandoor and got burnt so badly, I couldn't bare it.
* to get burnt (food)
    Kababı tez-tez çevirmək lazımdır ki, yanmasın. ― One has to turn the kabab over often, so it doesn't get burnt.
* (figurative) to get burnt, to suffer a bitter failure
** 2017 January 18, Əli Rəhimoğlu, News Milli.az‎:- Sözün düzü, çox təkliflər gəldi, amma mən ehtiyat etdim. Bir dəfə yandım deyə, ikinci dəfə yanmaq istəmədim.To be honest, I received many offers, but I proceeded with caution. Because I got burnt once, I didn't want to get burnt again.
* to burn out, become clinically exhausted
** 2017 October 6, Obyektiv.org‎, archived from the original on 9 October 2017:Jurnalist xanım işdə "yandı" - Yorğunluqdan öldüFemale journalist burned out at work - Died from exhaustion.
* to get sunburnt
    günəşdə yanmaq ― to get burnt by the sun
* to be alight, to be on
    İşıq niyə yanmır? Qaranlıqda oturmuşuq. ― Why isn't the light on? We're sitting in the darkness.
* (by extension) to be on, to operate, to be in active state (about electric devices, engines etc.)
    Bütün gecə televizor yanır ― The TV is on the whole night.
    Synonym: işləmək
* (by extension) to go on, start, power up, start operating, to turn on (about electric devices, engines etc.)
    Düyməyə basanda, işıq yanır ― When you press the button, the light goes on
    Kompyuterim köhnə olduğuna görə gec yanır ― Because my computer is old, it starts slowly.
    Synonyms: açılmaq, işə düşmək, hərəkətə gəlmək
    Antonym: sönmək
* to expire; to become void
    Hava limanına gec gəldim, biletim yandı. ― I was late to the airport, and my ticket became void.
* to expirience intense feelings
** to be furious, to be extremely annoyed
** to be burning (with an emotion, a feeling), to have a burning desire
    Sənin üçün yanıram. ― I desire you. (literally, “I am burning for you.”)
** to care for someone, worry, have concerns, be solicitous about something.
*** Before 1911, Mirza Alakbar Sabir, “Ağlaşma”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):Sənə nə, evin yıxılsın, füqəra üçün yanırsan?What do you care, damn you, for the poor?
    Synonyms: əziyyətini çəkmək, halına qalmaq, dərdini çəkmək

#### Derived terms

* yandırmaq (“to ignite”)
* yanğın (“fire [accidental]”)
** yanğın dəstəsi (“fire brigade”)
** yanğınsöndürən (“fireman”)

#### Related terms

* odlanmaq (“to catch fire”)
* od tutmaq (“to catch fire”)
* alovlanmaq (“to flame”)

### References

* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jan-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

### Further reading

* “yanmaq” in Obastan.com.

## Crimean Tatar
### Verb

yanmaq
* to burn, to be on fire
* (in northern dialect also) to wake (see uyanmaq)