Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yakšï

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Etymology

From *yakïš- (“to be fit, to be suitable”) +‎ *-ï.^[1]^[2]

Adjective

*yakšï(Common Turkic)

suitable, pleasing
good
Synonym: *edgü

Descendants

Proto-Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish: یخشی (yaḫşı), یقشی (yaqşı), یاخشی (yaḫşı), یاقشی (yaqşı)
  - Azerbaijani: yaxşı
    - → Armenian: յախշի (yaxši)
  - Ottoman Turkish: یخشی (yahşı)
    - Turkish: yahşi
- Salar: yaqşi
- Turkmen: ýagşy
Kipchak:
- Kipchak-Bulgar:
  - Bashkir: яҡшы (yaqşı)
  - Tatar: яхшы (yaxşı)
- Kipchak-Cuman:
  - Kipchak: iaczi, jækśi, iacśi, iacsi — Codex Cumanicus II, yacsi — Codex Cumanicus I, եախշի (eaxši), եախշը (eaxšə) — Armeno-Kipchak (Codex Cumanicus)
    - Crimean Tatar: yahşı
    - Urum: йахшы
    - Kumyk: яхшы (yaxşı)
    - Karachay-Balkar: ашхы (aşxı)
    - Karaim: йакшы, йахшы
    - Crimean Tatar: yahşı
    - Karaim: йахшы (yaxšï), йакшы (yakšï)
    - Urum: йахшы (yaxši)
- Kipchak-Nogai:
  - Kazakh: жақсы (jaqsy)
  - Karakalpak: жақсы
  - Nogai: яхшы (yaxşı)
  - Siberian Tatar: йаҡшы (yaqšï)
- Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: жакшы (jakşı)
  - Southern Altai: јакшы (ǰakšï)
Karluk:
- Ili Turki: [script needed] (yaxšï)
- Karakhanid: یَخْشٖی (yaχšī /⁠yaχšï⁠/)
  - Khorezmian Turkic: [script needed] (yaqšï)
    - Chagatai: [script needed] (yaxşi)
      - Uyghur: ياخشى (yaxshi)
      - Uzbek: yaxshi
Siberian Turkic:
- Late Old Uyghur: 𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽿𐽶 (yʾqšy /⁠yaḥšï⁠/)
  - Western Yugur: jaxʂi (yaχšï, yaʰšï)^[3]
- Western Yugur: jaxʂ (yaʰš)^[4]
- South Siberian Turkic:
  - Northern Altai: чакшы (čakšï), дьакшы (dʹakšï) (Kumandy-Kizhi)
  - Chulym: чақшы, йақшы
  - Sayan:
    - Tuvan: яхсы (yaxsı) (Kyzyl)
    - Tuvan: тьакшы (tʹakşı) (Kuu-Kizhi)
  - Yenisei:
    - Khakas: чахсы (çaxsı)
      - Fuyu Kyrgyz: jahšĭ (ǯaxšï)
    - Shor: чақшы (çaqşı)

References

^ Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation‎^[1], volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 344
^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yahşi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
^ Léi, Xuǎnchūn (雷选春) (1992) 西部裕固汉词典 [Xībù Yùgù-Hàn cídiǎn], Chengdu: Sichuan Minority Publishing House, page 250
^ Léi, Xuǎnchūn (雷选春) (1992) 西部裕固汉词典 [Xībù Yùgù-Hàn cídiǎn], Chengdu: Sichuan Minority Publishing House, page 250

Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yaxşı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 908
Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 180

[1] Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation‎^[1], volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 344

[2] Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yahşi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

[3] Léi, Xuǎnchūn (雷选春) (1992) 西部裕固汉词典 [Xībù Yùgù-Hàn cídiǎn], Chengdu: Sichuan Minority Publishing House, page 250

[4] Léi, Xuǎnchūn (雷选春) (1992) 西部裕固汉词典 [Xībù Yùgù-Hàn cídiǎn], Chengdu: Sichuan Minority Publishing House, page 250

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