yüksek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یوكسك‎ (yüksek, “high, tall, elevated”)[1], from Proto-Turkic *yükse- (“to elevate, to grow in height”), from Proto-Turkic *yük[2] with the suffix *-se[3], morphologically yük (“load, burden, to take upon oneself, to undertake”) +‎ -sa- (“derives verbs from nouns and adjectives”) +‎ -k (“participle suffix”)[4][5].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jycˈsec/
  • Hyphenation: yük‧sek

Adjective

yüksek

  1. Having a great distance between its bottom and top, not low; high, elevated.
    Antonym: alçak
  2. Situated above relative to a particular thing or place.
  3. Having a great magnitude or force, strong.
    Synonyms: şiddetli, güçlü
  4. Elevated in rank or status, superior.
  5. (figuratively) Virtuous, magnanimous.
    Synonyms: erdemli, faziletli

Declension

Derived terms

  • gözü yüksekte
  • yüksek atlama
  • yüksek fırın
  • yüksek gerilim
  • yüksek kan basıncı
  • yüksek lisans
  • yüksek sosyete
  • yükseklik
  • yüksekokul
  • yükseköğrenim
  • yüksekten atmak
  • yüksekten bakmak
  • yüksekten uçmak

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “یوكسك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2217
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*jüg”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yüksek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yük”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  5. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), "+sA-" - in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • yüksek in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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