жеңил

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yeŋgül (“light; easy”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jeŋil, “easy”); Bashkir еңел (yeñel), Tatar җиңел (ciñel), Kazakh жеңіл (jeñıl), Southern Altai јеҥил (ǰeŋil), Crimean Tatar yengil, Kumyk енгил (yeñil), Azerbaijani yüngül (“light”), Turkish yeğni, Uzbek yengil, Khakas ниик (niik), Shor ниик, Western Yugur žig, Chuvash ҫӑмӑл (śămăl, “light; easy”), etc.

Adjective

жеңил • (jeŋil) (comparative жеңилирээк, superlative эң жеңил, Arabic spelling جەڭىل)

1. light, lightweight
2. easy, simple

Synonyms

• оңой (oŋoy)

Derived terms

• жеңилдик (jeŋildik)