əski
Azerbaijani
Cyrillic | әски | |
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Abjad | اسکی |
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *es-(kü)[1]. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (eski); Turkish eski, etc.
Pronunciation
Adjective
əski (comparative daha əski, superlative ən əski)
- old, previous, earlier (for inanimate objects)
- worn-out
- əski paltar ― worn-out clothes
- out-of-date, obsolescent
- longstanding, old (e.g. of relationships)
- əski dost ― an old friend
- ancient
References
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*es-(kü)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill