yaman

Other scripts

Cyrillic		јаман
Abjad		یامان

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yaman (“bad, wicked; sickness, inflammation”).

• IPA^(key): [jɑˈmɑn]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ya‧man

yaman (comparative daha yaman, superlative ən yaman)

1. bad

   Synonym: pis

   Antonym: yaxşı

2. evil
3. difficult, hard, harsh

   yaman gün ― hard times

4. swear word (Chiefly South Azerbaijan)

• yamanlamaq (“to talk speak ill of”)
• yaman demək (“to curse”) (dialectal)

yaman

1. (colloquial) very

   Synonyms: çox, lap, olduqca, həddən artıq

• Yaman is used mostly about situations that are perceived as negative.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaman/ [ˈja.man̪]
• Hyphenation: ya‧man

yáman (Basahan spelling ᜌᜋᜈ᜔)

1. wealth; riches
2. resource

   Synonyms: rekurso, mediyos

Other scripts
Cyrillic	яман
Roman

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yaman (“bad”).

• Hyphenation: ya‧man

yaman

1. bad

• “yaman”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

yaman

1. wealth; treasure; riches

From Proto-Turkic *yaman. Compare to Turkish yaman, Southern Altai јаман (ǰaman), Kyrgyz жаман (jaman), Kazakh жаман (jaman), etc.

• (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [jɑːmɑn], [jɑmɑn]
• (Ejia, Daowei, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [jɑmen]
• (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [jæmæn]

yaman

1. brave
2. bad, hard
3. awesome

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

yaman

1. very, abnormally, especially
2. violently, fiercely

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “yaman”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 344-345, 352
• 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “yaman”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎^[1], 1^st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 112
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “jaman, “勇敢””, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[2], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 135
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “jaman”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[3], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 123
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “yaman”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 329

Compare Bikol Central yaman and Masbatenyo yaman.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjaman/ [ˈjaː.mɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -aman
• Syllabification: ya‧man

yaman (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜋᜈ᜔)

1. wealth; riches; fortune; valuable possessions

   Synonyms: kayamanan, kariwasaan, tesoro

2. richness; wealthiness

   Synonyms: kayamanan, pagkamayaman

3. act of becoming rich or wealthy

   Synonym: pagyaman

4. plentifulness; abundance; opulence

   Synonym: kasaganaan

5. resource (something used to achieve an objective)

yaman (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜋᜈ᜔)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of yamang

From Proto-Turkic *yaman.

yaman

1. bad, evil

From Proto-Turkic *yaman.

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jaman, “bad”); Kazakh жаман (jaman), Karakalpak жаман (jaman) / jaman, Kyrgyz жаман (jaman), Karachay-Balkar аман (aman), Uzbek yomon.

yaman

1. terrible, bad