ýeke
Turkmen
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Latin | ýeke |
| Cyrillic | еке |
| Arabic | یکه |
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian یَکَّه (yakka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jeˈke/
Adjective
ýeke
- one, single
- Synonyms: bir, täk
- Maňa ýeke ýol galýar.
- There is one option for me.
- Asman dury, ýeke bulut hem ýokdy.
- The sky was clear, without a single cloud.
- alone
- Synonyms: bir, ýalňyz
- Men öýde ýeke özüm.
- I'm home alone.
- Ýalçy agajyň ýeke özi ösüp otyrdy.
- A bare tree was growing there, alone.
Derived terms
- iki-ýeke (“rare; single”)
- ýeke-çäk (“alone”)
- ýeke-täk (“only; alone”)
- ýeke-ýeke (“one by one, one after the other”)
- ýekebara (“non-collective farmer”)
- ýekedaban (“sledgehammer”)
- ýekegapan (“male wild boar”)
- ýekegöz (“one-eyed”)
- ýekeje (“just one; alone”)
- ýekelemek (“to thin; to set upon”)
- ýekelik (“oneness; being alone”)
- ýekelli (“single-handed”)
- ýekeme-ýeke (“one by one, one after the other”)
- ýekesiremek (“to feel lonely”)