Kumyk Etymology From Proto-Turkic *yïm-ĺča-k (“soft”). Cognate with Turkish yumuşak. Adjective йымышакъ • (yımışaq) soft Further reading Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “йымышакъ”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАНWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.