жақсы

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic جاقسى
Cyrillic жақсы
Latin jaqsy

Etymology

From *yaqšï (good), from Proto-Turkic *yak- (come near; suit, fit; appeal to somebody).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jaqšï, good), [script needed] (jaxšï, good); Tatar яхшы (yaxşı), Bashkir яҡшы (yaqşı), Kyrgyz жакшы (jakşı), Southern Altai јакшы (ǰakšï), Khakas чахсы (çaxsı), Uzbek yaxshi, Turkmen ýagşy, Azerbaijani yaxşı, Turkish yakşı (good) etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɑqˈsə/, [ʒɑ̝χsə̝́]
  • IPA(key): [(d)ʑæχˈsə] (colloquial)
  • (Turkistan) IPA(key): [d͡ʑɑχˈɕɯ]
  • (North Kazakhstan) IPA(key): [ʝɑχˈsɯ̞]
  • (Xinjiang) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaχsɤ́]
  • Hyphenation: жақ‧сы

Adjective

жақсы • (jaqsy)

  1. good

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