yox
English
editVerb
edityox (third-person singular simple present yoxes, present participle yoxing, simple past and past participle yoxed)
Azerbaijani
editEtymology
editUltimately from Proto-Turkic *yōk (“there is not”).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰸 (yok), Turkish yok etc.
Pronunciation
editPredicative
edityox
- antonym of var (“there is, there are, there exists, there exist”): there is no, there are no, there does not exist, there do not exist
- antonym of var (“to have”): to not have
- Ayağı yoxdur, qaçır; qanadı yoxdur, uçur.
- It has no legs/feet, [but] it runs; it has no wings, [but] it flies (a traditional riddle).
- Deyəcək bir sözün yoxundursa, get.
- If you don't have anything to say, then leave.
Synonyms
editParticle
edityox
- (colloquial) no
- Antonym: hə
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jōk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Tzotzil
editAdjective
edityox
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “yoš(1)” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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