yahşi
See also: Yahşi
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish یخشی (yaḫşı), ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *yak- (“good”), whence Turkish yakış- (“to look good”). Doublet of yakışık.
Cognate with Turkmen ýagşy, Crimean Tatar yahşı, Tatar яхшы (yaxşı), Kyrgyz жакшы (jakşı), Kazakh жақсы (jaqsy), Uzbek yaxshi, Uyghur ياخشى (yaxshi), Azerbaijani yaxşı.
Adjective edit
yahşi
Alternative forms edit
- yakşı (dialectal)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “yahşi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu