yahşi

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish یخشی (yaḫşı), ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *yak- (“good”), whence Turkish yakış- (“to look good”). Doublet of yakışık.

Cognate with Turkmen ýagşy, Crimean Tatar yahşı, Tatar яхшы (yaxşı), Kyrgyz жакшы (jakşı), Kazakh жақсы (jaqsy), Uzbek yaxshi, Uyghur ياخشى (yaxshi), Azerbaijani yaxşı.

Adjective[edit]

yahşi

  1. (obsolete, dialectal, colloquial) beautiful, good, nice
    Synonyms: güzel, iyi

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Further reading[edit]

  • “yahşi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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