yekə

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Azerbaijani

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Cyrillic jекә
Abjad یئکه

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish (yeke, “large”), from Middle Mongol ᠶᠡᠬᠡ (yeke),[1] from Proto-Mongolic *jeke whence also Modern Mongolian их (ix, “great”).

Attested since the 13th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈcæ/, ,
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  • Hyphenation: ye‧kə

Adjective

yekə (comparative daha yekə, superlative ən yekə, intensive yes-yekə)

  1. (colloquial) large, big
    Synonyms: böyük, iri
    Antonyms: kiçik, balaca, çıqqılı
    Evin iki dənə yekə balkonu var.
    The house has got two large balconies.
    Bu adama inanmaq olmaz, çünki o yalançıların ən yekəsidir.
    This man can't be trusted, because he is the biggest liar of all.
    (literally, “because of all liars, he is the biggest one”)
  2. (figurative) grown-up, grown
    Synonym: böyük
    Antonym: kiçik
    Yekə kişisən, lüğət yazmaqla vaxtını niyə boş-boşuna itirirsən?
    You're a grown man, why are you wasting your time on writing a dictionary?

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Armenian: եքյա (ekʻya)
  • → Khalaj: yəkkə
  • → Lezgi: еке (eke)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Caferoğlu, A. (1954). Azerbaycan ve Anadolu Ağızlarındaki Moğolca Unsurlar. Türk Dili Araştırmaları Yıllığı-Belleten, 2, 1-10.
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