yalçın

yalçın

See also: Yalçın

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From yalın (“bare, naked”) remodeled after göyərçin (“dove; dove-coloured”) and sarışın (“yellowish, blond”), where the suffix -çin/-şın signifies color nuances.[1] Possibly a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish يالچين‎ (yalçın, “smooth and bare”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

yalçın (comparative daha yalçın, superlative ən yalçın)

1. steep, bare (of cliffs)

   yalçın qayalar ― steep cliffs

   Synonyms: sarp, sıldırım

References

1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yalçın”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

• “yalçın” in Obastan.com.

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Turkish

Adjective

yalçın

1. steep