yeğ

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یگ‎ (yeğ), from Proto-Turkic *yẹg- (“better; upper part, surface”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰏‎ (yeg), Azerbaijani yey, etc.

Adjective

yeğ

  1. better
    • (proverb)
      Sağlık varlıktan yeğdir.
      Health is better than wealth.

Declension
Inflection
Nominative yeğ
Definite accusative yeği
Singular Plural
Nominative yeğ yeğler
Definite accusative yeği yeğleri
Dative yeğe yeğlere
Locative yeğde yeğlerde
Ablative yeğden yeğlerden
Genitive yeğin yeğlerin

Derived terms
  • yeğlemek
  • yeğrek

Further reading
  • yeğ in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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