yox

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *jōk (“there is not”).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰸‎ (yok), Turkish yok etc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [joχ]

Predicative

yox

there isn't, there aren't (not a verb)
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.

Particle

yox

(informal) no
Cavab ver işimizi bilək, hə yoxsa yox?
Give an answer so we know, yes or no?

See also

xeyr

References

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

Tzotzil

Adjective

yox

green

Derived terms

yaxub

References

“yoš(1)” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

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