یالڭز

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *yalŋuz (“alone, lonely”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰀𐰞𐰭𐰆𐰽 (yalıŋus), Azerbaijani yalnız, Bashkir яңғыҙ (yañğıź), Kazakh жалғыз (jalğyz), Kyrgyz жалгыз (jalgız), Turkmen ýalňyz, Uzbek yolgʻiz and Yakut соҕотох (soğotoq).

Adjective

یالڭز • (yalñız)

  1. alone, lonely, lonesome, isolated from contact with other people
    Synonym: منفرد (munferid)
  2. only, single, sole, lone, not accompanied by anything else
    Synonyms: تك (tek), فرد (ferd)
  3. single-handed, unassisted, without help or assistance from others

Derived terms
  • یالڭز اولمق (yalñız olmak, “to be alone”)
  • یالڭز باشنه (yalñız başına, “all alone”)
  • یالڭز كورك (yalñız kürek, “boat with a single pair of oars”)
  • یالڭزجه (yalñızca, “somewhat solitary”)
  • یالڭزلك (yalñızlık, “loneliness”)
  • یالڭزلی (yalñızlı, “(of a family) with just one man”)

Noun

یالڭز • (yalñız) (plural یالڭزلر (yalñızlar))

  1. loner, solitaire, one who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others

Descendants
  • Turkish: yalnız

Further reading
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