yek

See also: -yek

Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *aika- (compare Persian یِک‎ (yek)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haykas (compare Sanskrit एक (éka), Hindi एक (ek)/Urdu ایک‎ (ek)), from Proto-Indo-European *Hóykos.

Compare Old Persian aiva-, Avestan aēwa-, from Proto-Iranian *aiwa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haywas, from the variant Proto-Indo-European form *Hóywos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛk/
  • Hyphenation: yek

Numeral

yek

  1. (cardinal) one

Pipil

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl yēctli (“something good”)

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈjeːk/

Adjective

yēk

  1. good
    Ini amat sujsul yek.
    This book is really good.
  2. good, righteous, kind, moral
    Se takat tesu yek su tichteki
    A man is not good if he steals
  3. right, correct
    Tay ne inak ne tamachtiani inte yek
    What the professor said is not right
  4. healthy

Adverb

yēk

  1. well, correctly
    Te niweli nitachia yek tik ne mishti
    I can't see well in the mist
    Kia taketza Nawat yek ne nueltiw
    My sister does speak Nawat (Pipil) well

Romani

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haykas (compare Sanskrit एक (éka), Hindi एक (ek)/Urdu ایک‎ (ek), Persian یِک‎ (yek)), from Proto-Indo-European *Hóykos.

Numeral

yek

  1. (cardinal) one
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