ах

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Avar

Noun

ах (ax)

  1. garden

Chechen

Noun

ах (ax)

  1. half

Ingush

Noun

ах (ax)

  1. half

Khakas

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āk.

Noun

ах (ax)

  1. white

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *axъ.

Pronunciation

Interjection

ах (ah)

  1. ah

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *aka, compare Dongxiang agva. Compare Chinese 阿干 (āgān).

Possibly related to Proto-Turkic *āka (elder (brother)), whence Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa) and Turkish ağa. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

ах (ax) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠬ᠍᠎ᠠ᠋ (ak-a), definite plural ах нар); (regular declension)

  1. older brother

Declension

See also

  • дүү (düü, younger brother)
  • эгч (egč, older sister)

References

  • Tokat, Feyza (2014) “On the Common Words in Mongolian and the Turkish Dialects in Turkey”, in The Journal of International Social Research (Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi), volume 7, number 32, →ISSN, pages 185-198.

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *aq

Adverb

ах (aq)

  1. always
  2. all the time
  3. excessively

Particle

ах (aq)

  1. just

References

  • Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN
  • Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *axъ.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

ах (ax)

  1. ah!, oh!
    • 1908, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], Голодный блеск; English translation from Stephen Graham and Rosa Savory, transl., The Hungry Gleam, London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1915:
      — Ру́ки вверх!
      — Ах! — произнесла́ ба́рышня и неме́дленно же подняла́ ру́ки.
      — Rúki vverx!
      — Ax! — proizneslá báryšnja i nemédlenno že podnjalá rúki.
      "Hands up!"
      "Ah," cried the young lady, and hurriedly put up her arms.

Noun

ах (axm inan (genitive а́ха, nominative plural а́хи, genitive plural а́хов)

  1. ah (an instance of the interjection ах (ax))

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *axъ.

Pronunciation

Interjection

ах (ax)

  1. ah

References

Yakut

Etymology 1

Relate to Proto-Turkic *agsa-.

Noun

ах (aq)

  1. rancidity, rottenness
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *iak-.

Verb

ах (aq)

  1. (intransitive) to freeze (from fear)
  2. (intransitive) (of blood, rain, etc.) to stop
    самыыр ахтаsamıır aqtathe rain stopped