yahşi
See also: Yahşi
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish یخشی (yaḫşı), ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *yak- (“good”), whence Turkish yakış- (“to look good”). Doublet of yakışık.
Cognate with Turkmen ýagşy, Crimean Tatar yahşı, Tatar яхшы (yaxşı), Kyrgyz жакшы (jakşı), Kazakh жақсы (jaqsy), Uzbek yaxshi, Uyghur ياخشى (yaxshi), Azerbaijani yaxşı.
Adjective
edityahşi
Alternative forms
edit- yakşı (dialectal)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “yahşi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu