як

See also: яҡ, ақ, ак, -ак, јак, -јак, and Appendix:Variations of "jak"

Belarusian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jak]
  • Rhymes: -ak

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako.

Adverb

як • (jak)

  1. how
  2. as, like
    Хацелася б, каб я быў такім жа кваліфікаваным, як ён.
    Xacjelasja b, kab ja byŭ takim ža kvalifikavanym, jak jon.
    I wish I was as skilled as him.

Conjunction

як • (jak)

  1. than

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Noun

як • (jak) m animal (genitive я́ка, nominative plural я́кі, genitive plural я́каў)

  1. yak
Declension

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ja̟k]
  • Rhymes: -ak

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *jakъ.

Adjective

як • (jak)

  1. firm, strong
  2. stalwart
  3. (slang) cool, awesome
Declension

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Noun

як • (jak) m

  1. yak
Declension

Anagrams

  • кя (kja)

Even

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *xia, compare Evenki экун (əkun), Manchu ᠠᡳ (ai), Nanai хай (hay).

Pronoun

як (jak)

  1. what

Russian

Etymology

Ultimately from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jak]
  • (file)

Noun

як • (jak) m anim (genitive я́ка, nominative plural я́ки, genitive plural я́ков)

  1. yak

Declension

Tajik

Tajik cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : як (yak)
    Ordinal : якум (yakum)

Etymology

Related to Persian یک (yek).

Numeral

як • (yak)

  1. one

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic ꙗко (jako), from Proto-Slavic *jako.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jak]
  • (file)

Adverb

як • (jak)

  1. how
  2. as, like

Conjunction

як • (jak)

  1. than
    чорні́ші як на́ші лю́ди[1]
    čorníši jak náši ljúdy
    darker than our people

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jak]

Noun

як • (jak) m animal (genitive я́ка, nominative plural я́ки, genitive plural я́ків)

  1. yak
Declension

Further reading

References

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