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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish یگ (yeğ), from Proto-Turkic *yẹg- (“better; upper part, surface”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰏 (yeg), Azerbaijani yey, etc.
Adjective
yeğ
- better
- (proverb)
Sağlık varlıktan yeğdir.- Health is better than wealth.
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “yeğ”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu