yatmak
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish یاتمق, from Proto-Turkic *yat- (“to lie, to sleep”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (yat-), Kyrgyz жатуу (jatuu).
Verb
yatmak
- to lie down
- to sleep
- (slang, colloquial) to have sexual intercourse, to bed, to sleep with
Related terms
- yatak
- yatsı
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yatmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “یاتمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2180