See also: артық and artık

Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From *artuq (excessive, surplus), from Proto-Turkic *art- (to increase, exceed).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰺𐱃‬𐰸 (artuq‬‬, more, much); Kazakh артық (artyq, excessive), Uzbek ortiq (excessive), Turkish artık (excess, surplus), Khakas артых (artıx, excess, surplus; better), Tuvan артык (artık, excess, surplus; better), etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɑrˈtɯ̞q]
  • Hyphenation: ар‧тыҡ

Adjective edit

артыҡ (artıq)

  1. excessive, superfluous
  2. needless, unnecessary, redundant

Adverb edit

артыҡ (artıq)

  1. more than, over [+ablative]
  2. too much, overly

Predicative edit

артыҡ (artıq)

  1. ... is better than...
    Алйот дуҫтан аҡыллы дошман артыҡ.
    Alyot duśtan aqıllı doşman artıq.
    An intelligent enemy is better than a stupid friend.
    Һүҙ тыңламаҫ улыңдан һыйҙаш булһа, сит артыҡ.
    Hüź tıñlamaś ulıñdan hıyźaş bulha, sit artıq.
    An outsider who shares your meal is better than your son who wouldn't listen to (your) word.
    (Aqmulla)

Synonyms edit