yek

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yek"

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian یک (yek).

Numeral

yek

1. (backgammon) one

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Háywakah, derivative of Proto-Iranian *Háywah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas. Related to Persian یک (yek).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛk/

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• Hyphenation: yek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Numeral

yek

1. one

Pronoun

yek

1. someone

References

• Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) “*¹aiu̯a-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 136

Pipil

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl yēctli (“something good”)

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈjeːk/

Adjective

yēk

1. good

   Ini amat sujsul yek.

   This book is really good.

2. good, righteous, kind, moral

   Se takat tesu yek su tichteki

   A man is not good if he steals

3. right, correct

   Tay ne inak ne tamachtiani inte yek

   What the professor said is not right

4. healthy

Adverb

yēk

1. well, correctly

   Te niweli nitachia yek tik ne mishti

   I can't see well in the mist

   Kia taketza Nawat yek ne nueltiw

   My sister does speak Nawat (Pipil) well

Romani

Numeral

yek

1. Anglicized form of jekh (“one”)