jak

jak (plural jaks)

1. Alternative form of jack (“the tree Mangifera caesia”)

• jakfruit

• AJK, kaj

IPA^(key): /ɟaʔ/

jak

1. to walk; to go

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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jak m (plural jakë, definite jaku, definite plural jakët)

1. (zoology) yak; (domesticated) wild ox

• m. noun jak (engl. yak) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

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• Rhymes: -ak

Inherited from Old Czech jak, from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).

jak

1. how

   Jak se máš/máte? ― How are you?

   Jak to jde? ― How's it going?

jak

1. as

   jak Petr tak Pavel ― both Peter and Paul

   jak se do lesa volá, tak se z lesa ozývá ― as you call into the forest, you hear from the forest; what goes around comes around

• jako
• jakoby
• jaký
• nejen ... ale i at nejen

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag),^[1] from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

jak m anim

1. yak (mammal)

• “jak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “jak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “jak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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• IPA^(key): /jɑk/
• Hyphenation: jak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

From Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

• yack, yak

jak m (plural jaks, diminutive jakje n)

1. yak, the ox-like Himalayan bovine, Bos grunniens

• (produce) jakboter, jakmelk

Cognate with English jacket.

jak n (plural jakken, diminutive jakje n)

1. tight upper body garment

• Negerhollands: jakje (from the diminutive)

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒak/

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *yak (“hand; arm”). Cognate with Narua lak (“hand”).

jak

1. hand
2. arm

• jak-
• jakchik
• jakgitok
• jakpa
• jakpak
• jakpong
• jaksan
• jaksi
• jakskil
• jaksku
• jakstem
• jaktom
• jaktong

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *yak (“leaf”).

jak

1. leaf

jak

1. used with leaves

From Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɒk

jak (plural jakok)

1. yak

jak f (genitive jakkako, nominative plural jakka, genitive plural jakkengo)

1. (anatomy) eye

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: jak

jak (not comparable)

1. how

jak

1. how

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “jak”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
• “jak”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʑak/

jak

1. machine

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

jak

1. (Pontianak) Alternative spelling of sahaja (“only”)

jak

1. Alternative form of jakke

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

jak

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From languages such as English yak, German Jak or French yak, all from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag, “yak”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ (“sheep, yak”).

• IPA^(key): /jak/

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: jak
• Homophone: jakk

jak m (definite singular jaken, indefinite plural jaker, definite plural jakene)

1. a yak (an ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Burma, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane; scientific name Bos grunniens)

• “jak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “jak” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “jak” in Store norske leksikon

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈjak/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈjak/

jak

1. Alternative form of jako.

jak

1. Alternative form of jako.

• Czech: jak

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “jak”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”). First attested in the 15th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /jak/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /jak/

jak

1. adverbial interrogative; how (in what way)
2. adverbial relational; as, like (in a similar way)
3. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
   • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 7:

     A thak albo jak (war. lub.: tak a wsak) igitur (igitur perfecti sunt caeli et terra Gen 2, 1)

     [A tak albo jak (war. lub.: tak a wszak) igitur (igitur perfecti sunt caeli et terra Gen 2, 1)]

jak

1. introduces a conditional; if
2. introduces a temporal clause; when

• Polish: jak
• Silesian: jak

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “jak”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: jak
• Homophone: Jak

Inherited from Old Polish jak.

jak

1. how (to what degree or extent)

   Jak masz na imię? ― What's your name? (informal)

   Jak się masz? ― How are you? (informal)

   Jak to zrobiłeś? ― How did you do that?

jak

1. as (in the same way or manner that; to the same degree that)

   Jak widać, jeszcze nie skończyłam. ― As you can see, I haven't finished yet.

   Jego ojciec jest silny jak wół. ― His father is strong as an ox.

2. like, as if, as though (in a manner suggesting)

   Wyglądasz jak obcokrajowiec. ― You look like a foreigner.

3. (colloquial or dialectal, Kuyavia) replaces kiedy and gdy; when (during the time that)

   Jak byłem w lesie, to widziałem niedźwiedzia. ― When I was in the forest, I saw a bear.

4. (colloquial or dialectal, Kuyavia) replaces jeśli and jeżeli; if (supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that)

   Jak będziesz dalej tak robiła, to w końcu cię rzuci. ― If you keep doing that, he'll eventually dump you.

5. (colloquial or dialectal, Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Kuyavia, Ostróda) replaces niż; than (used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison)

   Typ nie miał więcej jak metr sześćdziesiąt. ― The guy was no taller than five feet three.

6. used with a superlative; as much as, as soon as (used to say that two things are equal in amount or degree)

   Zrobię to jak najszybciej. ― I'll do it as soon as possible.

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Borrowed from English yak.

jak m animal (related adjective jaczy)

1. yak, Tartary ox, grunting ox, hairy cattle (Bos grunniens)

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), jak is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 375 times in scientific texts, 247 times in news, 343 times in essays, 530 times in fiction, and 756 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 2251 times, making it the 18th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[1]

• jak I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jak II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• jak in PWN's encyclopedia
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “jako, jak, jeko”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “JAK I”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 26.03.2020
• “JAK II”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 26.03.2020
• “JAK III”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 26.03.2020
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “jak”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “jak”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “jak”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 126
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “jak”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271
• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “jak”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 303
• Kazimierz Nitsch (1907) “niż”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 390

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jakъ.

• IPA^(key): /jâːk/

jȃk (Cyrillic spelling ја̑к, definite jȃkī, comparative jȁčī)

1. strong

   Synonyms: silan, snažan

• jačati

• “jak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

jak

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From Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

• IPA^(key): /jâk/

jȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ја̏к)

1. yak (ox-like mammal)

• “jak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

• jako

Inherited from Old Polish jak.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: jak

jak

1. how

jak

1. comparative as

   Synonyms: choby, choćby

2. as (in the (same) way or manner that; to the (same) degree that)
3. as well as
4. when

   Synonyms: kedy, kej

5. than

   Synonyms: aniżeli, niż

6. if

   Synonyms: dy, ejźli, eli, eźli, gdy, jeli, jeźli, jeźli

• jak in dykcjonorz.eu
• jak in silling.org

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

jak

Wikipedia ^sk

Derived from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ (“sheep, yak”).

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jak m animal (genitive singular jaka, nominative plural jaky, genitive plural jakov, declension pattern of dub)

1. yak

• jačí

• “jak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

jak

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From Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

• IPA^(key): /jáːk/

jȃk m anim

1. yak (ox-like mammal)

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• “jak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “jak”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

• ak, akô, jakô

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: jak

jak (not comparable)

1. (interrogative) how

jak

1. as, like
2. (in comparisons) like; than

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “jãk”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 379

From Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

• IPA^(key): /jɑːk/

jak c

1. a yak, an ox-like mammal

• grymtoxe

• jakmjölk

• jak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• Kaj, kaj

From English shark.

• IPA^(key):

jak (nominative plural jaks)

1. shark

• hijak
• jijak