yek

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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From Persian یک (yek).

Numeral

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yek

  1. (backgammon) one

Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

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yek

  1. one

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Compare Classical Nahuatl yēctli (something good)

Pronunciation

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  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈjeːk/

Adjective

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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

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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

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Numeral

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yek

  1. Anglicized form of jekh (one)