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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish یاقین (yakın), from Proto-Turkic *yakïn, from Proto-Turkic *yak- (“to come near, approach”) + *-ïn (“noun forming suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɑˈkɯn/
- Hyphenation: ya‧kın
Adverb
yakın
- close by, nearby
Noun
yakın (definite accusative yakını, plural yakınlar)
- akin to, relative
Ayşe, Zülâl'in yakını.- Ayşe is Zülâl's relative.
- Somebody/something that is near
Yakını iyi göremiyorum.- I cannot see the near.
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