yaxshi

Uzbek

Other scripts

Yangi Imlo	یخشی
Cyrillic	яхши‍
Latin	yaxshi‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai یخشی (yaxšī /⁠yaxšï⁠/), from Proto-Common Turkic *yaqšï, from Proto-Turkic *yakšï. Cognate with Uyghur ياخشى / yaxshi / яхши; Kazakh جاقسى / жақсы (jaqsy), Kyrgyz жакшы (jakşı), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaχ.ʃi/, [jɐ̠χ.ʃɨ̞]
• Hyphenation: yax‧shi

Adjective

yaxshi (comparative yaxshiroq, superlative eng yaxshi)

1. good

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.