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Azerbaijani
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yakïn, from Proto-Turkic *yak-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
yaxın (comparative daha yaxın, superlative ən yaxın)
- near, close, proximat
- Synonym: (archaic) yavıq
- Antonyms: uzaq, iraq
- Yaxın Şərq ― Near East
- Yaxın Şərq ölkələri ― Middle 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 dostumdur ― This guy is a close friend of mine
- forthcoming, upcoming, near-term
- yaxın vaxtlar ― soon, in the near future
- 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
- close, nearby
- Synonym: yaxınlıqda
- Antonyms: uzaq, iraq
- Məktəb evimizə yaxındır ― The 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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