arxayın

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From arxa (“back; support”). Compare Turkmen arkaýyn (“complacent, permissive, safe, cool”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑɾxɑjɯn/
  • (Ardabil) IPA(key): /ɑɾxejin/[1]
  • Audio (Azerbaijan):(file)

Adjective

arxayın (comparative daha arxayın, superlative ən arxayın)

  1. calm, tranquil, unworried
    Arxayın ol, hər şey yaxşı olacaq. ― Don't worry, everything is gonna be alright.
  2. confident
    arxayın etmək ― to assure
  3. carefree

Derived terms

Adverb

arxayın

  1. calmly, quietly
  2. confidently
  3. without difficulty, without hindrance, without obstruction, freely

Descendants
  • → Armenian: արխային (arxayin), արխեյին (arxeyin)
  • → Northern Kurdish: arxayîn

References
  1. Dehghani, Yavar (2000) A grammar of Iranian Azeri: including comparisons with Persian, Munich: Lincom Europa, page 68:
    Although there are no exceptions in the standard dialect, there are some exceptions to vowel harmony in some dialects of [Azerbaijani]. The most representative dialect of these types is Ardabili[, in which] (...) there is both Backness and Roundness harmony in suffixes[.] (...) However, this dialect differs from the standard dialect (...) [with] the following six words (...) which violate vowel harmony constraints: /arxeyin/ 'relax', /bınörä/ 'foundation', /bılö/ 'a stone', /bıtö/ 'complete', /ilan/ 'snake', /jıngıro/ 'very cold'.

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