Belarusian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako.

Adverb

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як (jak)

  1. how
  2. as, like
    Хацелася б, каб я быў такім жа кваліфікаваным, як ён.
    Xacjelasja b, kab ja byŭ takim ža kvalifikavanym, jak jon.
    I wish I was as skilled as him.
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Conjunction

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як (jak)

  1. than

Etymology 2

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Ultimately from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Noun

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як (jakm animal (genitive я́ка, nominative plural я́кі, genitive plural я́каў)

  1. yak
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Bulgarian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Slavic *jakъ.

Adjective

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як (jak)

  1. firm, strong
  2. stalwart
  3. (slang) cool, awesome
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Etymology 2

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Ultimately from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Noun

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як (jakm

  1. yak
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Anagrams

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Even

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tungusic *xia, compare Evenki экун (əkun), Manchu ᠠᡳ (ai), Nanai хай (hay).

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як (jak)

  1. what

Russian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

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  • IPA(key): [jak]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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як (jakm anim (genitive я́ка, nominative plural я́ки, genitive plural я́ков)

  1. yak

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Tajik

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Etymology

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Inherited from Classical Persian یَک (yak).

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Noun

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Tajik numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: як (yak)
    Ordinal: аввал (avval), якум (yakum)

як (yak) (Persian spelling یک)

  1. one

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як (yak) (Persian spelling یک)

  1. one

Pronoun

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як (yak) (Persian spelling یک)

  1. one, a

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  •   1 on the Tajik Wikipedia.Wikipedia tg
  • як”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2024

Ukrainian

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Etymology 1

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From Old East Slavic ꙗко (jako), from Proto-Slavic *jako.

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Adverb

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як (jak)

  1. how
  2. as, like
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Conjunction

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як (jak)

  1. than
    чорні́ші як на́ші лю́ди[1]
    čorníši jak náši ljúdy
    darker than our people

Etymology 2

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Ultimately from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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як (jakm animal (genitive я́ка, nominative plural я́ки, genitive plural я́ків)

  1. yak
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Further reading

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