yumşaq

Azerbaijani
Other scripts
Cyrillic јумшаг
Perso-Arabic یومشاق‎

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yïm-ĺča-k (“soft, mild”).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰢𐱁𐰴‎ (yïmšaq),[2] Turkish yumuşak, Crimean Tatar yımşaq, etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jumˈʃaχ]
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  • (Tabriz) IPA(key): [jumuˈʃaχ][3]
  • Hyphenation: yum‧şaq

Adjective

yumşaq (comparative daha yumşaq, superlative ən yumşaq)

  1. soft
    Təmiz bir vicdan qədər yumşaq yastıq yoxdur.
    There is no pillow as soft as a clean conscience.
    yumşaq çörək ― soft bread
    yumşaq mebel ― soft furniture
    yumşaq ürək ― soft heart
    yumşaq səs ― soft voice
    Antonyms: bərk, sərt, qatı

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*yïm-ĺča-k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Abuseitova, M. Kh; Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰘𐰢𐱁𐰴”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
  3. Haneda, Koichi (2009—2010), “yumşaq”, in لغات لهجه‌ی تبریز [Vocabulary of Tabrizi Dialect] (in Persian), Tabriz: یاران, →ISBN, page 95
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