یك

See also: يك, یک, and یگ

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yẹg. Cognate with Turkmen ýeg.

Adjective

یك • (yẹg) (comparative یكرك (yẹgrek or yẹgirek))

  1. good
    Synonyms: ایو (ẹyü), یاخشی (yaḫşı)
    یك ار ― yẹg er ― a good man
    خانك یك ارنلری ― ḫānuŋ yẹg erenleri ― the good heroes of the kaghan
  2. better, superior, preferred
    آیدن قراكویه یك
    aydun qaraŋuya yẹg
    light is preferred over/better than darkness
  3. powerful, having, or capable of exerting, power or influence
Derived terms
  • یك اولمق (yẹg olmaq, “to increase, to grow”)
  • یكلك (yẹglik, “superiority”)
  • یكلمك (yẹglemek, “to prefer”)
  • یكلنمك (yẹglenmek, “to assert superiority”)
  • یكلو (yẹglü, “having superior qualities”)
  • یكه (yẹge, “powerful”)
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: yey
  • Ottoman Turkish: یك (yeğ)

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “yeğ”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 476
  • “yeğ”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yeğ”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian یَک (yak).

Numeral

یك • (yek or yẹk)

  1. (literary) one, the number represented by the Arabic numeral 1 and the numerical value equal to that cardinal number
    Synonym: بر (bir)
Derived terms
  • یكدن (yẹkden, “suddenly”)
  • یكسان (yẹksān, “equal”)
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: yek
  • Ottoman Turkish: یك (yek)

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “yek”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 757

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yẹŋ (“sleeve”).

cognates

Cognate with Bashkir ең (yeñ), Chuvash ҫанӑ (śană), Kazakh жең (jeñ), Kyrgyz жен (jen), Turkmen ýeň, Uyghur يەڭ (yeng), Uzbek yeng and Yakut сиэх (sieq).

Alternative forms

  • ینك (yẹng), یكن (yegn)

Noun

یك • (yẹŋ) (definite accusative یكی (yẹŋi), plural یكلر (yẹŋler))

  1. sleeve, the part of a garment that covers the arm, or through which the arm passes or slips
Derived terms
  • یك باشی (yẹŋ başı, “armpit part of the sleeve”)
  • یك سیلكمك (yẹŋ silkmek, “to give up”)
  • یكسز طون (yẹŋsüz don, “shroud”)
  • یكسز كوكلك (yẹŋsüz göŋlek, “shroud”)
  • یكلك (yẹŋlik, “end of the sleeve”)
  • ینكسز (yẹngsüz, “sleeveless”)
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: yen
  • Gagauz: en
  • Ottoman Turkish: یك (yeñ)

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “yin”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 761
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 4

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *iyik, *iyig.

cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani iy, Chuvash йӗке (jĕk̬e), Kyrgyz ийик (iyik), Southern Altai ийик (iyik), Turkmen ik, Uyghur يىك (yik) and Uzbek yig.

Noun

یك • (yig) (definite accusative یكی (yigi), plural یكلر (yigler))

  1. spindle, a rod used for spinning and then winding fibres, especially wool
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: iy
  • Gagauz: ii
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایك (iğ)

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “yig”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 756

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

یك • (yẹŋ)

  1. second-person singular imperative of یكمك (yẹŋmek, “to win”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یك (yek), from Classical Persian یَک (yak).

Numeral

یك • (yek)

  1. (literary) one, the number represented by the Arabic numeral 1 and the numerical value equal to that cardinal number
    Synonym: بر (bir)

Noun

یك • (yek) (definite accusative یكی (yeği), plural یكلر (yekler))

  1. (backgammon) the ace of dice, especially in tavla or backgammon
Derived terms
  • یكایك (yekâyek, “one by one”)
  • یكبار (yekbâr, “once”)
  • یكتا (yektâ, “of a single fold”)
  • یكتاز (yektâz, “that runs alone”)
  • یكجا (yekcâ, “together, in one place”)
  • یكدانه (yekdâne, “single-grained”)
  • یكدست (yekdest, “of a single piece”)
  • یكدیگر (yekdiğer, “one another, each other”)
  • یكران (yekrân, “pureblood horse”)
  • یكسان (yeksân, “of the same appearance, alike”)
  • یكسر (yekser, “all together, all at once”)
  • یكسو (yeksu, “on one side”)
  • یكپاره (yekpâre, “of a single piece”)
Descendants

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Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یك (yẹŋ, “sleeve”), from Proto-Turkic *yẹŋ (“sleeve”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani yen, Bashkir ең (yeñ), Chuvash ҫанӑ (śană), Kazakh жең (jeñ), Kyrgyz жен (jen), Turkmen ýeň, Uyghur يەڭ (yeng), Uzbek yeng and Yakut сиэх (sieq).

Noun

یك • (yeñ) (definite accusative یكی (yeñi), plural یكلر (yeñler))

  1. sleeve, the part of a garment that covers the arm, or through which the arm passes or slips
    Synonym: آستین (astin)
Derived terms
  • یك قپاغی (yeñ kapağı, “very long cuff”)
  • یكلری صیغامق (yeñleri sığamak, “to roll up one's sleeves”)
  • یكلو (yeñli, “furnished with sleeves”)
Descendants

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