yumşaq

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Azerbaijani[edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic јумшаг
Abjad یومشاق

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *yïm-ĺča-k (“soft, mild”).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰢𐱁𐰴 (yïmšaq),[2] Turkish yumuşak, Crimean Tatar yımşaq, yumşaq, etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [jumˈʃaχ]
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  • (Tabriz) IPA(key): [jumuˈʃaχ][3]
  • Hyphenation: yum‧şaq

Adjective[edit]

yumşaq (comparative daha yumşaq, superlative ən yumşaq)

  1. soft
    1. Easily giving way under pressure.
      Təmiz bir vicdan qədər yumşaq yastıq yoxdur.
      There is no pillow as soft as a clean conscience.
      yumşaq çörək ― soft bread
      yumşaq mebel ― soft furniture
      Antonyms: bərk, sərt, qatı
    2. Expressing gentleness or tenderness
      yumşaq ürək ― soft heart
      yumşaq səs ― soft voice

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*yïm-ĺča-k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰘𐰢𐱁𐰴”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
  3. ^ Haneda, Koichi (2009—2010) “yumşaq”, in لغات لهجه‌ی تبریز [Vocabulary of Tabrizi Dialect] (in Persian), Tabriz: یاران, →ISBN, page 95

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *jɨm-ĺča-k (“soft, mild”). Cognate to Kumyk йымышакъ (yımışaq), etc.

Adjective[edit]

yumşaq

  1. soft

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References[edit]

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