yeğ

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یگ (yeğ), from Proto-Turkic *yẹg- (“better; upper part, surface”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰏 (yeg), Azerbaijani yey, etc.

Adjective

yeğ

1. better

   (proverb)

   Sağlık varlıktan yeğdir.

   Health is better than wealth.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	yeğ
Definite accusative	yeği
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	yeğ	yeğler
Definite accusative	yeği	yeğleri
Dative	yeğe	yeğlere
Locative	yeğde	yeğlerde
Ablative	yeğden	yeğlerden
Genitive	yeğin	yeğlerin

Derived terms

• yeğlemek
• yeğrek

Further reading

• “yeğ”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu