böyükrək

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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From böyük +‎ -rək.

Adjective

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böyükrək

  1. (archaic) comparative degree of böyük
    • 18th century, Molla Panah Vagif, Ola:
      Hayası üzündə, əqli başında
      Öldürə Vaqivi gözü-qaşında
      Ya on üç, ya on dörd, on beş yaşında
      Nə ondan böyükrək, nə uşaq ola.
      [poetic interpretation by GPT-4:]
      Upon her face, a bashful hue, in her thoughts, wisdom imbued,
      Her eyes and brows, a potent glare, with which my soul, she might ensnare.
      A fleeting age, where childhood wanes, yet womanhood has not yet gained,
      In tender years, a balance maintained, from thirteen to fifteen, suspended there.]
      (literally, “Bashfulnes in hear face, reason in her head
      She could kill the learned with her eyes and eyebrows
      She should be thrirteen, fourtieen or fifteen
      Neither older than that, nor a child.
      ”)

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