yahşi

See also: Yahşi

Turkish

Etymology

From 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

yahşi

(obsolete, dialectal, colloquial) beautiful, good, nice
Synonyms: güzel, iyi

Alternative forms

yakşı (dialectal)

Related terms

yakışmak

Further reading

“yahşi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

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