yekə
Azerbaijani
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | jекә |
| Roman | yekə |
| Perso-Arabic | یئکه |
Etymology
Of Mongolic origin. From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (yeke, “large”), from Middle Mongolian ᠶᠡᠬᠡ (yeke)[1], from Proto-Mongolic *yeke whence also Modern Mongolian их (ih, “great”).
Attested since the 13th century[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jeˈkæ ], [jeˈt͡ʃæ]
- Hyphenation: ye‧kə
Adjective
yekə
- 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, çıkıllı
- 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 (ekʿya)
References
- Caferoğlu, A. (1954). Azerbaycan ve Anadolu Ağızlarındaki Moğolca Unsurlar. Türk Dili Araştırmaları Yıllığı-Belleten, 2, 1-10.