яман

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Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yaman (bad).

Cognate with Old Uyghur (jaman, bad); Kazakh жаман (jaman), Karakalpak жаман (jaman) / jaman, Kyrgyz жаман (jaman), Karachay-Balkar аман (aman), Uzbek yomon, Azerbaijani, Turkish yaman, etc.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: я‧ман

Adjective

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яман (yaman)

  1. bad
    Сеймал иҡтисады ни өсөн яман?
    Seymal iqtisadı ni ösön yaman?
    Why raw materials(-based) economy is bad?
    Бәләкәс баланы яман күҙҙән һаҡлып өс йәшкәсә кешегә күрһәтмәгәндәр.
    Bələkəs balanı yaman küźźən haqlıp ös yəşkəsə keşegə kürhətməgəndər.
    (They) wouldn't show small children to strangers until they were three, so as to guard them from the evil eye.
  2. wicked, evil, ill-natured; malicious, spiteful
    Сабан ат, яман ҡатын, ҡыйыш мылтыҡ — шул өсәү ир-егетте ҡартайталыр.
    Saban at, yaman qatın, qıyış mıltıq — şul ösəw ir-yegette qartaytalır.
    A lazy horse, an evil wife, (and) a crooked rifle — these three things make a man grow old.
    (Aqmulla)

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Kalmyk

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ïmaxan cognate with Khitan 𘱑𘯺 (*êm a), related through borrowing or inheritance with Proto-Turkic *ïmga.

Compare Mongolian ямаа (jamaa), Old Turkic 𐰢𐰍𐰀 ((a)mɣa).

Pronunciation

Noun

яман (yaman) (Clear script spelling ᡕᠠᡏᠠᡃᠨ (yamān))

  1. goat

Kumyk

Adjective

яман (yaman)

  1. bad
  2. evil

Derived terms

Noun

яман (yaman)

  1. evil

Declension

Adverb

яман (yaman)

  1. very

Further reading

  • Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “яман”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН