yaxşı
Azerbaijani
editCyrillic | јахшы | |
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Abjad | یاخشی |
Etymology
editFrom Common Turkic *yakšï, derivation of Proto-Turkic *yak- (“to draw near; to fit, to be well-suited”).
Cognate with Turkmen ýagşy, Salar yaxşı, Crimean Tatar yahşı, Tatar яхшы (yaxşı), Kyrgyz жакшы (jakşı), Kazakh жақсы (jaqsy), Uzbek yaxshi, Uyghur ياخشى (yaxshi), dialectal Turkish yakşı.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): [jɑχˈʃɯ], [ˈjɑχʃɯ̥]
- IPA(key): [jɑχˈt͡ʃɯ], [jɑχˈt͡sɯ] (as if spelled yaxçı)
Audio; [jɑχˈʃɯ]: (file) Audio; [ˈjɑχʃɯ̥]: (file) Audio; [jɑχˈt͡ʃɯ]: (file) Audio; [jɑχˈt͡sɯ]: (file) - Hyphenation: yax‧şı
Adjective
edityaxşı (comparative daha yaxşı, superlative ən yaxşı)
- good (suitable)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:yaxşı
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:yaxşı
- O yaxşı oğlandır. ― He's a good guy.
- Hansı ixtisas daha yaxşıdır? ― Which profession is the better one?
Derived terms
editAdverb
edityaxşı
- well
- Gözəl səsi olan müğənni yaxşı oxuyur.
- The singer that has a beautiful voice sings well.
- Yaxşı fikirləşdin?
- Have you thought this through?
- (literally, “Have you thought well?”)
Derived terms
edit- yaxşıca (“pretty, nice”, adjective)
- yaxşıca (“thoroughly, properly”, adverb)
- yaxşılaşdırmaq (“to improve”) (transitive)
- yaxşılaşmaq (“to improve”) (intransitive)
- yaxşılıq (“good, goodness, kindness, favor”, noun)
- yaxşıraq (“better”, adverb) (outdated)
Interjection
edityaxşı
- all right, OK;
Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent. - all right, OK;
Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.- Yaxşı, pulum nə oldu? ― All right, what about my money?
- come on, stop it, enough[nt. 1]
- Yaxşı da, zarafat edirik. Uşaq olma. ― Come on, we're just joking. Don't be such a child.
- (sarcastic) yeah right, get off with you! often followed by da to denote a disbelief in what one says.
- — Dünən müdür məni yanına çağırdı, dedi sən bizim ən yaxşı işçimizsən, maaşıvı artırırıq!
— Yaxşı!- "Yesterday, boss asked me to come by and told me, 'You are our best worker, we're going to raise your salary!'"
"Yeah right"!
- "Yesterday, boss asked me to come by and told me, 'You are our best worker, we're going to raise your salary!'"
Usage notes
editReferences
edit- Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “yaxşı”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti[1] (in Azerbaijani), volume 4, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 509
Further reading
edit- “yaxşı” in Obastan.com.
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- Azerbaijani terms inherited from Common Turkic
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Common Turkic
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Azerbaijani terms with IPA pronunciation
- Azerbaijani terms with audio pronunciation
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani adjectives
- Azerbaijani terms with usage examples
- Azerbaijani adverbs
- Azerbaijani interjections
- Azerbaijani sarcastic terms