ялгыз

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Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yalŋuz,[1] from Proto-Turkic *yalïŋ.[2] Cognate with Karakalpak jalǵız.

Adjective

ялгыз (yalgız)

  1. lonely, alone

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yalŋu:s”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 930
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jạlɨŋ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill