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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Common Turkic *yakšï, derivation of Proto-Turkic *yak- (“to draw near; to fit, to be well-suited”). Cognate with Turkmen ýagşy, Salar yaxşı, Crimean Tatar yahşı, Tatar яхшы (yaxşı), Kyrgyz жакшы (jakşı), Kazakh жақсы (jaqsy), Uzbek yaxshi, Uyghur ياخشى (yaxshi), dialectal Turkish yakşı.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): ,
- IPA(key): , (as if spelled yaxçı)
- Hyphenation: yax‧şı
Adjective
yaxşı (comparative daha yaxşı, superlative ən yaxşı)
- good (suitable)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:yaxşı
- Antonym: pis
- O yaxşı oğlandır. ― He's a good guy.
- Hansı ixtisas daha yaxşıdır? ― Which profession is the better one?
Derived terms
Adverb
yaxşı
- well
Gözəl səsi olan müğənni yaxşı oxuyur.- The singer that has a beautiful voice sings well.
Yaxşı fikirləşdin?- Have you thought this through?
- (literally, “Have you thought well?”)
Derived terms
Interjection
yaxşı
- all right, OK; Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
- Synonym: oldu
-Onda sabah bir yerdə gedək. -Yaxşı.- -Then let's go together tomorrow. -OK.
- all right, OK; Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.
- Yaxşı, pulum nə oldu? ― All right, what about my money?
- come on, stop it, enough[nt. 1]
- Yaxşı da, zarafat edirik. Uşaq olma. ― Come on, we're just joking. Don't be such a child.
- (sarcastic) yeah right, get off with you! (disbelief) often followed by da
-Dünən müdür məni yanına çağırdı, dedi sən bizim ən yaxşı işçimizsən, maaşıvı artırırıq!
-Yaxşı!- Yesterday, boss asked me to come by and told me, you are our best worker, we're going to raise your salary!
-Yeah right!
Usage notes
- ^ Colloquially, this can take on the verbal plural imperative ending -rın, as in Yaxşırın, qurtarın!, "Stop it, enough! (pl.)". Compare bəsdir.
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