жақсы

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	جاقسى
Cyrillic	жақсы
Latin	jaqsy
Yañalif	çaqsь

Etymology

From *yaqšï (“good”), from Proto-Turkic *jak- (“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), Khakas чахсы (çaxsı), Uzbek yaxshi, Turkmen ýagşy, Azerbaijani yaxşı, Turkish yakşı (“good”) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(d)ʒaˈqsɯ/, [ʑæχˈsə]

Adjective

жақсы • (jaqsı)

1. good

Derived terms

• жақсылық (jaqsylyq)

Antonyms

• жаман (jaman)