یاقین

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yakïn, from Proto-Turkic *yak- (to come near, good, nearby)[1] + *-ïn (noun forming suffix).

Adjective

یاقین • (yakın)

  1. close, near

Adverb

یاقین • (yakın)

  1. closeby, nearby

Descendants

  • Gagauz: yakın
  • Turkish: yakın
  • Crimean Tatar: yaqın

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jAk-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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