yeğ in Turkish

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Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish یگ (yeğ), from Proto-Turkic *yẹg- (“better; upper part, surface”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰏 (yeg), Azerbaijani yey, etc. Etymology templates: {{inh|tr|ota|یگ|tr=yeğ}} Ottoman Turkish یگ (yeğ), {{inh|tr|trk-pro|*yẹg-||better; upper part, surface}} Proto-Turkic *yẹg- (“better; upper part, surface”), {{cog|otk|𐰘𐰃𐰏|tr=yeg}} Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰏 (yeg), {{cog|az|yey}} Azerbaijani yey Head templates: {{tr-adj}} yeğ Inflection templates: {{tr-infl-noun-c|e}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], yeğ [nominative, singular], yeğler [nominative, plural], yeği [accusative, definite, singular], yeğleri [accusative, definite, plural], yeğe [dative, singular], yeğlere [dative, plural], yeğde [locative, singular], yeğlerde [locative, plural], yeğden [ablative, singular], yeğlerden [ablative, plural], yeğin [genitive, singular], yeğlerin [genitive, plural]

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "یگ",
        "tr": "yeğ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish یگ (yeğ)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "trk-pro",
        "3": "*yẹg-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "better; upper part, surface"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Turkic *yẹg- (“better; upper part, surface”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "otk",
        "2": "𐰘𐰃𐰏",
        "tr": "yeg"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰏 (yeg)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "az",
        "2": "yey"
      },
      "expansion": "Azerbaijani yey",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ottoman Turkish یگ (yeğ), from Proto-Turkic *yẹg- (“better; upper part, surface”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰏 (yeg), Azerbaijani yey, etc.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tr-infl-noun-c",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeği",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğleri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğlere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğlerde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğlerden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğlerin",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "yeğ",
      "name": "tr-adj"
    }
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    {
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        "1": "e"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "yeğlemek"
        },
        {
          "word": "yeğrek"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Health is better than wealth.",
          "ref": "(proverb)",
          "text": "Sağlık varlıktan yeğdir.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "better"
      ],
      "id": "en-yeğ-tr-adj-19Xcw2lC",
      "links": [
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yeğ"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "yeğlemek"
    },
    {
      "word": "yeğrek"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "یگ",
        "tr": "yeğ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish یگ (yeğ)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "trk-pro",
        "3": "*yẹg-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "better; upper part, surface"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Turkic *yẹg- (“better; upper part, surface”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "otk",
        "2": "𐰘𐰃𐰏",
        "tr": "yeg"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰏 (yeg)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "az",
        "2": "yey"
      },
      "expansion": "Azerbaijani yey",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ottoman Turkish یگ (yeğ), from Proto-Turkic *yẹg- (“better; upper part, surface”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰏 (yeg), Azerbaijani yey, etc.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tr-infl-noun-c",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeği",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğleri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğlere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğlerde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğlerden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yeğlerin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "yeğ",
      "name": "tr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "e"
      },
      "name": "tr-infl-noun-c"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Turkish adjectives",
        "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Turkish lemmas",
        "Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish",
        "Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic",
        "Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish",
        "Turkish terms inherited from Proto-Turkic",
        "Turkish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Health is better than wealth.",
          "ref": "(proverb)",
          "text": "Sağlık varlıktan yeğdir.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "better"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yeğ"
}

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"yeğ" meaning in Turkish

Adjective