yeğ

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish یگ (yeğ), from Proto-Turkic *yẹg- (“better; upper part, surface”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰏 (yeg), Azerbaijani yey, etc.

Adjective[edit]

yeğ

  1. better
    (proverb)
    Sağlık varlıktan yeğdir.
    Health is better than wealth.

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative yeğ
Definite accusative yeği
Singular Plural
Nominative yeğ yeğler
Definite accusative yeği yeğleri
Dative yeğe yeğlere
Locative yeğde yeğlerde
Ablative yeğden yeğlerden
Genitive yeğin yeğlerin

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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