yox

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *jōk (“there is not”).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰸 (yok), Turkish yok etc.

Pronunciation

Predicative

yox

  1. there isn't, there aren't (not a verb)
    Ayağı yoxdur, qaçır; qanadı yoxdur, uçur.
    It has no legs/feet, [but] it runs; it has no wings, [but] it flies (a traditional riddle).
    Deyəcək bir sözün yoxundursa, get.
    If you don't have anything to say, then leave.

Particle

yox

  1. (informal) no
    Cavab ver işimizi bilək, hə yoxsa yox?
    Give an answer so we know, yes or no?

See also

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jōk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Tzotzil

Adjective

yox

  1. green

Derived terms

References

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