yük

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic јүк
Roman yük
Perso-Arabic یۆک

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yü- (load; to load, carry)[1]. Cognate to Turkish Turkish yük, Chuvash ҫӑк (śăk), Kazakh жүк (jük), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jyk/

Noun

yük (definite accusative yükü, plural yüklər)

  1. load
    ağır yükheavy load
    Maşının dörd ton yük qabilliyəti var.
    The car has a load capacity of four tonnes.
  2. cargo
    • 2017 July 12, Azadlıq Radiosu:
      Türkiyə Qətərə 197 təyyarə, 16 maşın və 1 gəmi yük göndərib.
      Turkey sent 197 air-crafts, 16 trucks and 1 ship [loaded with] cargo to Qatar.
  3. burden
    ağır yükheavy load
    • 2017 November 24, Esmira Ismayılova, Günün Səsi:
      Həyat niyə bizə yük olub?
      Why did life become a burden to us?
  4. load, workload
    dərs/tədris yüküteaching load
    tıxac yükücongestion load
  5. (figuratively) responsibility
    • 2014 July 18, FutbolInfo:
      Bütün yükü üzərimə götürdüyüm üçün bu addımı atıram.
      I am taking this course of action because I accepted the full responsibility.
  6. (physics) charge
    müsbət/mənfi yükpositive/negative charge

Declension

Derived terms

  • yük heyvanı (pack animal)
  • yük maşını (lorry, truck)
  • yükalan (consignee)
  • yükboşaltma (unloading)
  • yükçü (loader, stevedore, docker, porter, carrier)
  • yükdaşıyan (porter)
  • yükgöndərən (consignor)
  • yükləmək (to load; to download)
  • yüklü (loaded)
  • yükqaldıran (lifting)

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *jü-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yü- (load; to load, carry).

Noun

yük (definite accusative yüğü, plural yükler)

  1. load
  2. burden
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