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kaymak

kaymak

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Noun

kaymak (uncountable)

  1. a creamy dairy product, similar to clotted cream, made in the Balkans, Turkey, the Middle East, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, and India. It is made from the milk of water buffalos in the East or of cows in the West.

Translations


Turkish

Etymology 1

From Old Turkic kañak, kayak (cream layer that forms on top of milk after boiling), from kaña- (1. to boil, 2. to melt, become liquid), from kañ (fountainhead, spring, source of a stream)[1], from Proto-Turkic. See kaynamak.

Noun

kaymak (definite accusative kaymağı, plural kaymaklar)

  1. kaymak
  2. (figuratively) best part of something
Derived terms
  • kaymaklı
  • kaymaksız
  • kaymaklanmak
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Etymology 2

From Old Turkic kay- (to turn (towards a direction or a thing), look after, have interest in, pay attention to), from Proto-Turkic *kāy-, *Kāj-. Nişanyan thinks the meaning shift towards "to slip, slide" since the 15th century is due to the idiom ayağı kaymak (to loose one's footing) which is the result of turning and spraining of foot.[2]

Verb

kaymak (third-person singular simple present kayar)

  1. (intransitive) to slide; to slip, skid
    Karlı yolda kayıp belini incitti.He slipped on a snowy road and hurt his waist.
  2. (intransitive) to shift
    İlgim gitardan piyanoya kaydı.My interest shifted from the guitar to the piano.
  3. (intransitive, slang) to ****, insult, swear
    Sana çok kötü kaymak üzereyim.I am about to insult you very badly.
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References

  1. "kaymak" - nişanyansözlük
  2. "kay-" - nişanyansözlük