жақсы

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	جاقسى
Cyrillic	жақсы
Latin	jaqsy

Etymology

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

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jaqšï, “good”), [script needed] (jaxšï, “good”); Tatar яхшы (yaxşı), Bashkir яҡшы (yaqşı), Kyrgyz жакшы (jakşı), Southern Altai јакшы (ǰakšï), Khakas чахсы (çaxsı), Uzbek yaxshi, Turkmen ýagşy, Azerbaijani yaxşı, Turkish yakşı (“good”) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑqˈsə/, [ʒɑ̝χsə̝́]
• IPA^(key): [(d)ʑæχˈsə] (colloquial)
• (Turkistan) IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɑχˈɕɯ]
• (North Kazakhstan) IPA^(key): [ʝɑχˈsɯ̞]
• (Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaχsɤ́]
• Hyphenation: жақ‧сы

Adjective

жақсы • (jaqsy)

1. good

Antonyms

• жаман (jaman)

Derived terms

• жақсылық (jaqsylyq)