yekə

From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (yeke, “large”), from Middle Mongol ᠶᠡᠬᠡ (yeke),^[1] from Proto-Mongolic *jeke whence also Modern Mongolian их (ix, “great”).

Attested since the 13th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /jeˈcæ/, [jeˈkæ], [jeˈt͡ʃæ]

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• Hyphenation: ye‧kə

yekə (comparative daha yekə, superlative ən yekə, intensive yes-yekə)

1. (colloquial) large, big

   Synonyms: böyük, iri

   Antonyms: kiçik, balaca, çıqqılı

   Evin iki dənə yekə balkonu var.

   The house has got two large balconies.

   Bu adama inanmaq olmaz, çünki o yalançıların ən yekəsidir.

   This man can't be trusted, because he is the biggest liar of all.

   (literally, “because of all liars, he is the biggest one”)

2. (figurative) grown-up, grown

   Synonym: böyük

   Antonym: kiçik

   Yekə kişisən, lüğət yazmaqla vaxtını niyə boş-boşuna itirirsən?

   You're a grown man, why are you wasting your time on writing a dictionary?

• yekəbaş
• yekəqarın

• → Armenian: եքյա (ekʻya)
• → Khalaj: yəkkə
• → Lezgi: еке (eke)