yekə

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic jекә
Abjad یئکه

Etymology

Of Mongolic origin. From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (yeke, “large”), from Middle Mongol ᠶᠡᠬᠡ (yeke)[1], from Proto-Mongolic *yeke whence also Modern Mongolian их (ix, “great”).

Attested since the 13th century[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jeˈkæ ], [jeˈt͡ʃæ]
  • Hyphenation: ye‧kə

Adjective

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  1. large, big
    Evin iki dənə yekə balkonu var.
    The house has got two large balkonies.
    Bu adama inanmaq olmaz, çünki o yalançıların ən yekəsidir.
    This man can't be trusted, because he is the biggest liar of all.
    (literally, “because of all liars, he is the biggest one”)
    Synonyms: böyük, iri
    Antonyms: kiçik, balaca, çıqqılı
  2. grown-up, grown
    Yekə kişisən, lüğət yazmaqla vaxtıvı niyə boş-boşuna itirirsən?
    You're a grown man, why are you wasting your time on writing a dictionary?
    Synonym: böyük
    Antonym: kiçik

Descendants

  • → Armenian: եքյա (ekʻya)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Caferoğlu, A. (1954). Azerbaycan ve Anadolu Ağızlarındaki Moğolca Unsurlar. Türk Dili Araştırmaları Yıllığı-Belleten, 2, 1-10.
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