жаман

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	جامان
Cyrillic	жаман
Latin	jaman

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yaman (“bad”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jaman, “bad”); Bashkir яман (yaman), Karakalpak жаман (jaman) / jaman, Kyrgyz жаман (jaman), Karachay-Balkar аман (aman), Uzbek yomon, Azerbaijani and Turkish yaman, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑˈmɑn/, [(d)ʒɑ̝mɑ̝́n]
• Hyphenation: жа‧ман

Adjective

жаман • (jaman)

1. bad

Synonyms

• жөндекі (jöndekı)
• жөндеу (jöndeu)
• нашар (naşar)

Antonyms

• жақсы (jaqsy)

Adverb

жаман • (jaman)

1. badly, poorly
2. (colloquial) very, badly, really

   Іш жаман пысып жатыр ― Iş jaman pysyp jatyr ― I'm really bored

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yaman (“bad”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jaman, “bad”); Bashkir яман (yaman), Karakalpak жаман (jaman) / jaman, Kazakh жаман (jaman), Karachay-Balkar аман (aman), Uzbek yomon, Azerbaijani, Turkish yaman, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑˈmɑn]

Adjective

жаман • (jaman) (comparative [please provide], superlative [please provide], Arabic spelling جامان)

1. bad