yaxşı

From Common Turkic *yakšï, derivation of Proto-Turkic *yak- (“to draw near; to fit, to be well-suited”). Cognate with Turkmen ýagşy, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Crimean Tatar yahşı, Tatar яхшы (yaxşı), Kyrgyz жакшы (jakşı), Kazakh жақсы (jaqsy), Uzbek yaxshi, Uyghur ياخشى‎ (yaxshi), dialectal Turkish yakşı.

• IPA^(key): [jɑχˈʃɯ], [ˈjɑχʃɯ̥]
• IPA^(key): [jɑχˈt͡ʃɯ], [jɑχˈt͡sɯ] (as if spelled yaxçı)

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• Hyphenation: yax‧şı

yaxşı (comparative daha yaxşı, superlative ən yaxşı)

1. good (suitable)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:yaxşı

   Antonym: pis

   O yaxşı oğlandır. ― He's a good guy.

   Hansı ixtisas daha yaxşıdır? ― Which profession is the better one?

• yaxşılıq
• yaxşıraq

yaxşı

1. well

   Gözəl səsi olan müğənni yaxşı oxuyur.

   The singer that has a beautiful voice sings well.

   Yaxşı fikirləşdin?

   Have you thought this through?

   (literally, “Have you thought well?”)

yaxşı

1. all right, OK; Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.

   Synonym: oldu

   -Onda sabah bir yerdə gedək. -Yaxşı.

   -Then let's go together tomorrow. -OK.

2. all right, OK; Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.

   Yaxşı, pulum nə oldu? ― All right, what about my money?

3. come on, stop it, enough[nt. 1]

   Yaxşı da, zarafat edirik. Uşaq olma. ― Come on, we're just joking. Don't be such a child.

4. (sarcastic) yeah right, get off with you! (disbelief) often followed by da

   -Dünən müdür məni yanına çağırdı, dedi sən bizim ən yaxşı işçimizsən, maaşıvı artırırıq!
   -Yaxşı!

   Yesterday, boss asked me to come by and told me, you are our best worker, we're going to raise your salary!
   -Yeah right!

• “yaxşı” in Obastan.com.