Where does “یابالامق” come from?

یابالامق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یابا, from Proto-Turkic *yāpa — wooden fork.

یابالامق (Ottoman Turkish): to winnow, to separate grain from chaff, especially using a fork

Definitions

  1. to winnow, to separate grain from chaff, especially using a fork

Ancestry of “یابالامق”, step by step

یابالامق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish یابا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیاباwinnowing fork, a pitchfork used to winnow rice or grain from the chaff
2Proto-Turkic*yāpawooden fork

via Ottoman Turkish ـلامق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلامقforms verbs from nouns or adjectives
Every word from Proto-Turkic *yāpa