یالكز

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *yalŋuz (“alone, lonely”).

cognates

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰞𐰭𐰆𐰽 (yalıŋus), Azerbaijani yalnız, Bashkir яңғыҙ (yañğıź), Kazakh жалғыз (jalğyz), Kyrgyz жалгыз (jalgız), Turkmen ýalňyz, Uzbek yolgʻiz, Uyghur يالغۇز (yalghuz), and Yakut соҕотох (soğotoq).

Adjective

یالڭز • (yalñız)

  1. alone, lonely, lonesome, isolated from contact with other people
    Synonym: منفرد (munferid)
  2. only, single, sole, lone, not accompanied by anything else
    Synonyms: تك (tek), فرد (ferd)
  3. single-handed, unassisted, without help or assistance from others

Derived terms

  • یالڭز اولمق (yalñız olmak, “to be alone”)
  • یالڭز باشنه (yalñız başına, “all alone”)
  • یالڭز كورك (yalñız kürek, “boat with a single pair of oars”)
  • یالڭزجه (yalñızca, “somewhat solitary”)
  • یالڭزلك (yalñızlık, “loneliness”)
  • یالڭزلی (yalñızlı, “(of a family) with just one man”)

Noun

یالڭز • (yalñız) (plural یالڭزلر (yalñızlar))

  1. loner, solitaire, one who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others

Descendants

  • Turkish: yalnız

Further reading

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