yaxın

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic јахын
Abjad یاخین

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yakïn, from Proto-Turkic *yak-.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: yax‧ın

Adjective

yaxın (comparative daha yaxın, superlative ən yaxın)

  1. near, close, proximat
    Synonym: (archaic) yavıq
    Antonyms: uzaq, iraq
    Yaxın ŞərqNear East
    Yaxın Şərq ölkələriMiddle Eastern countries (literally, “Near Eastern countries”)
    Uzaq qohum yaxşıdır, yoxsa yaxın qonşu?Which is better, a distant relative, or a close neighbour?
    Bu oğlan yaxın dostumdurThis guy is a close friend of mine
  2. forthcoming, upcoming, near-term
    yaxın vaxtlarsoon, in the near future
  3. recent
    Synonym: son
    • 1891, Mammad agha Shahtakhtinski, “Zaqafqaziya müsəlmanlarını necə adlandırmalı [How ought Muslims of Transcaucasia to be designated? (modern translation from Russian)]”, in Kaspi:
      Yaxın zamanlara qədər Zaqafqaziya islam əhlini rus dilində “müsəlman” adlandırırdılar. Bu anlayış altında təkcə islam dininə sitayiş edənləri yox, ümumiyyətlə, türk dilində danışan Rusiya Zaqafqaziyasının əhalisini nəzərdə tuturdular.
      Until recent times, the Islamic population of Transcaucasia has been referred to as "Muslims". This concept did not only designate those adhering to the religion of Islam, generally the Turkic-speaking population of Russian Transcaucasia.

Derived terms

Adverb

yaxın

  1. close, nearby
    Synonym: yaxınlıqda
    Antonyms: uzaq, iraq
    Məktəb evimizə yaxındırThe school is close to our home.
    Bu adam işə yaxın durmur.This person doesn't do a stroke of work. (literally, “doesn't stand close to work”)

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