yemek

• IPA^(key): /jeˈmek/ , [je̞ˈmɛc]
• Hyphenation: ye‧mek

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یمك (yemek, “to eat, consume”), from Proto-Turkic *yē- (“to eat”).^[1]

yemek (third-person singular simple present yer)

1. (transitive) to eat

   Her gün iki öğün haşlanmış patates yemekten bıktım.

   I'm tired of eating boiled potatoes twice every day.

2. (transitive) to require, use up, consume
3. (transitive, of an insect) to bite, eat someone up
4. (transitive) to drain someone, wear someone down
5. (transitive, slang) to kill
6. (transitive, slang) to lay, have sex with, kiss, lick, suck
7. (transitive, chess) to capture

   Piyon düz ve ileri doğru hareket etse de karşı oyuncunun taşlarını çapraz olarak yer.

   Even though the pawn moves straight and forward, it captures the opponent's pieces diagonally.

8. (transitive, slang, of a cheap item) to break

   Kumandayı yemişsiniz yine.

   So you broke the TV remote again.

9. (transitive) to fall for, to be deceived

   Yedi yalanı.

   He/she fell for the lie.

• yediği önünde yemediği arkasında olmak
• yeme de yanında yat

From Ottoman Turkish یمك (yemek, “food, meal”). Cognate to Kipchak [Arabic needed] (yemek, “food”), ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *yē- (“to eat”), see etymology 1 above.

yemek (definite accusative yemeği, plural yemekler)

1. meal, food

   yemek yemek ― to eat food

2. repast
3. dish, particular kind of food

• akşam yemeği

• aş
• yiyecek
• öğün

• yemek in Reverso (Turkish-English)