жақсы

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic جاقسى
Cyrillic жақсы
Latin jaqsy
Yañalif çaqsь

Etymology

From *yaqšï (good), from Proto-Turkic *yak- (come near; suit, fit; appeal to somebody).

Cognate with Old Uyghur (jaqšï, good), (jaxšï, good); Tatar яхшы (yaxşı), Bashkir яҡшы (yaqşı), Kyrgyz жакшы (jakşı), Khakas чахсы (çaxsı), Uzbek yaxshi, Turkmen ýagşy, Azerbaijani yaxşı, Turkish yakşı (good) etc.

Pronunciation

Adjective

жақсы (jaqsy)

  1. good

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