böyük

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		бөјүк
Abjad		بوْیۇک

Etymology

From Common Turkic *bEdü-k (“big, high”), whence also Azerbaijani böyütmək (“to raise”) and böyümək (“to grow”). Cognate with Turkish büyük etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bœˈjyk], [bœˈjyj], [bœˈjyç], [bœˈjyt͡ʃ]
• Hyphenation: bö‧yük

Adjective

böyük (comparative daha böyük, superlative ən böyük)

1. big
2. grand
3. elder

   böyük qardaşım ― my elder brother

Derived terms

• böyüklük

Antonyms

• (all): kiçik
• (1): balaca