yaqşi

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Salar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *yakšï. Compare to Southern Altai јакшы (ǰakšï), Kazakh жақсы (jaqsy), Azerbaijani yaxşı, Turkish yahşi, etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Mengda, Daowei, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /jɑχʃi/

Adjective[edit]

yaqşi

  1. good

References[edit]

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “jaxši”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 351
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “yaqşi”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 122