Southern Altai

edit

Etymology

edit

From Common Turkic *yakšï. Cognate with Kazakh жақсы (jaqsy), Kyrgyz жакшы (jakşı), Crimean Tatar yahşı, Kumyk яхшы (yaxşı), Bashkir яҡшы (yaqşı), Tatar яхшы (yaxşı), Azerbaijani yaxşı, Turkish yahşi, Turkmen ýagşy, Uzbek yaxshi, Uyghur ياخشى (yaxshi), Northern Altai чакшы (čakšï), Khakas чахсы (çaxsı), Shor чақшы, etc.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /dʲɑq.ʃɯ̽/, [dʲɑχ.ʃɨ̞]
  • Hyphenation: јак‧шы

Adjective

edit

јакшы (ǰakšï)

  1. good

Antonyms

edit

References

edit