yek

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yek"

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian یک (yek).

Numeral

yek

  1. (backgammon) one

Northern Kurdish

Northern Kurdish cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : yek

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Háywakah, derivative of Proto-Iranian *Háywah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas. Related to Persian یک (yek).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: yek
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Numeral

yek

  1. one

Pronoun

yek

  1. someone

Adjective

yek

  1. same
    Dîtin u gotin na bine yek
    To see and to say are not the same
    Ferq na ke, ev hemû yek e!
    Doesn't matter, it's all the same!

References

  • 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

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl yēctli (“something good”)

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈjeːk/

Adjective

yēk

  1. good
    Ini amat sujsul yek.
    This book is really good.
  2. good, righteous, kind, moral
    Se takat tesu yek su tichteki
    A man is not good if he steals
  3. right, correct
    Tay ne inak ne tamachtiani inte yek
    What the professor said is not right
  4. healthy

Adverb

yēk

  1. well, correctly
    Te niweli nitachia yek tik ne mishti
    I can't see well in the mist
    Kia taketza Nawat yek ne nueltiw
    My sister does speak Nawat (Pipil) well

Romani

Numeral

yek

  1. Anglicized form of jekh (“one”)
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