yazık

Meaning

Synonyms

eyvahlar olsun

vah vah

çok kötü

çok yazık

yazıklar olsun

acınacak şey

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/jɑ.zɯk/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یازیق (yazık), from Old Anatolian Turkish یازق (yazuq, “sin, pity”), from Proto-Common Turkic *yāzuk (“error, mistake; sin”), a derivation from Proto-Common Turkic *yāz- (“to err”). Cognate with Azerbaijani yazıq, Gagauz yazık.

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