یوكسك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yüksek (“high, elevated”), a development of *yükse- (“to elevate, to grow in height”), from which یوكسلمك (yükselmek, “to rise”).

Adjective

یوكسك • (yüksek)

  1. high, tall, physically elevated, extending above a base or average level
    Synonyms: بلند (bülend), عالی (ʿali), یوجه (yüce)
Derived terms
  • یوكسك قوپمق (yüksek kopmak, “to fall from a great height”)
  • یوكسكدن اوچمق (yüksekden uçmak, “to fly at a great height”)
  • یوكسكلك (yükseklik, “elevation”)
  • یوكسلتمك (yükseltmek, “to raise”)
  • یوكسلمك (yükselmek, “to rise”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: yüksek

Further reading
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Noun

یوكسك • (yüksük)

  1. Alternative spelling of یوكسوك (yüksük, “thimble”)

Further reading
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  • Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “یوكسك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 514a
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یوكسك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 5629
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