uzaq

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic узаг
Abjad اوزاق

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *uŕï-n, *uŕa-k (“long, far, late”)[1], whence also uzun (“long, tall”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

uzaq (comparative daha uzaq, superlative ən uzaq)

  1. far, distant
    Uzaq qohum yaxşıdır, yoxsa yaxın qonşu?
    What is better, a distant relative, or a close neighbour?
    Uzaq Şərq ― Far East
    Antonym: yaxın

Adverb

uzaq

  1. far
    Evə hələ uzaqdır. ― It is still far to home.
    Synonym: iraq
    Antonym: yaxın

Derived terms

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*uŕɨ-n, *uŕa-k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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