yek
See also: -yek
Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
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yek
Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian *Háywakah, derivative of Proto-Iranian *Háywah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas. Related to Persian یک (yek).
Pronunciation edit
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yek
References edit
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) “*¹aiu̯a-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 136
Pipil edit
Etymology edit
Compare Classical Nahuatl yēctli (“something good”)
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
yēk
- good
- Ini amat sujsul yek.
- This book is really good.
- good, righteous, kind, moral
- Se takat tesu yek su tichteki
- A man is not good if he steals
- right, correct
- Tay ne inak ne tamachtiani inte yek
- What the professor said is not right
- healthy
Adverb edit
yēk
Romani edit
Numeral edit
yek
- Anglicized form of jekh (“one”)