یاقین

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

یقین (yakın)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yakïn, from Proto-Turkic *yak- (“to come near, good, nearby”)^[1] + *-ïn (“noun forming suffix”).

Adjective

یاقین • (yakın)

close, near

Adverb

یاقین • (yakın)

closeby, nearby

Descendants

Gagauz: yakın
Turkish: yakın
Crimean Tatar: yaqın

References

^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jAk-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاقین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2190

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