yeğ
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یگ (yeğ), from Old Anatolian Turkish یك (yẹg), from Proto-Turkic *yẹg- (“better; upper part, surface”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰏 (yeg), Azerbaijani yey, etc.
Pronunciation
Adjective
yeğ
- better
- (proverb) Sağlık varlıktan yeğdir.
- Health is better than wealth.
- (proverb)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | yeğ | yeğler |
| definite accusative | yeği | yeğleri |
| dative | yeğe | yeğlere |
| locative | yeğde | yeğlerde |
| ablative | yeğden | yeğlerden |
| genitive | yeğin | yeğlerin |
Derived terms
- yeğin
- yeğlemek
- yeğrek
Further reading
- “yeğ”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “yeğ”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yeğ”, in Nişanyan Sözlük