яман

From Proto-Turkic *yaman (“bad”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jaman, “bad”); Kazakh жаман (jaman), Karakalpak жаман (jaman) / jaman, Kyrgyz жаман (caman), Karachay-Balkar аман (aman), Uzbek yomon, Azerbaijani, Turkish yaman, etc.

• IPA^(key): [jɑˈmɑn]
• Hyphenation: я‧ман

яман • (yaman)

1. bad

   Сеймал иҡтисады ни өсөн яман?

   Seymal iqtisadï ni ösön yaman?

   Why raw materials(-based) economy is bad?

   Бәләкәс баланы яман күҙҙән һаҡлып өс йәшкәсә кешегә күрһәтмәгәндәр.

   Bäläkäs balanï yaman küððän haqlïp ös yäškäsä kešegä kürhätmägändär.

   (They) wouldn't show small children to strangers until they were three, so as to guard them from the evil eye.

2. wicked, evil, ill-natured; malicious, spiteful

   Сабан ат, яман ҡатын, ҡыйыш мылтыҡ — шул өсәү ир-егетте ҡартайталыр.

   Saban at, yaman qatïn, qïyïš mïltïq — šul ösäw ir-yegette qartaytalïr.

   A lazy horse, an evil wife, (and) a crooked rifle — these three things make a man grow old.

   (Aqmulla)

• насар (nasar)

• яҡшы (yaqšï)
• һәйбәт (häybät)

From Proto-Mongolic *ïmaxan cognate with Khitan [Khitan Small needed] (ê.ma), related through borrowing or inheritance with Proto-Turkic *ɨmga.

Compare Mongolian ямаа (jamaa), Old Turkic 𐰢𐰍𐰀‎ ((a)mɣa).

• IPA^(key): /jaman/

яман • (yaman)

1. goat