yaxın

Azerbaijani
Other scripts
Cyrillic јахын
Roman yaxın
Perso-Arabic یاخین‎

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yAk-[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jɑχˈɯn]
  • Hyphenation: yax‧ın

Adjective

yaxın (comparative daha yaxın, superlative ən yaxın)

  1. close, proximate, near
    Uzaq qohum yaxşıdır, yoxsa yaxın qonşu?
    What is better, a distant relative, or a close neighbour?
    Yaxın Şərq ― Near East
    Yaxın Şərq ölkələri ― Middle Eastern countries (literally, “Near Eastern countries”)
    Bu oğlan yaxın dostumdur ― This guy is a close friend of mine
    Antonym: uzaq
Derived terms
  • yaxınlıq (“proximity”)
  • yaxınlaşmaq (“to draw near, approach”)

Adverb

yaxın

  1. close, nearby
    Məktəb evimizə yaxındır ― The school is close to our home.
    Synonym: yaxınlıqda
    Antonyms: uzaq, iraq

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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