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**"Umut" derives from the Proto-Turkic root *um-, from which both the verb ummak (to hope) and the noun umut (hope) originate. The Karakhanid um- carried meanings such as "to desire, to long for, to hope," while umdu denoted "greed" or "desire." Related forms appear across Turkic languages, including Old Uyghur umuɣ ("object of desire"), Chuvash ăms̬anma ("to want, to desire, to envy"), Kyrgyz umsunuu ("to hope, to expect"), and Yakut umsuguy ("to develop a passion for something, to be keen on something"), all of which trace back to the same Proto-Turkic root um-.The Turkish given name Ümit, derived from the Persian word Omid (meaning "hope"), is often mistakenly assumed to be etymologically related to Umut, although the two have different linguistic origins."