yüksek

Meaning

  1. Having a great distance between its bottom and top, not low; high, elevated.
  2. Situated above relative to a particular thing or place.
  3. Having a great magnitude or force, strong.
  4. Elevated in rank or status, superior.
  5. (figuratively) Virtuous, magnanimous.

Opposite of
alçak
Synonyms

yüksek yer

küre biçiminde

ali

küreciklerden oluşan

küre şeklinde

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/jycˈsec/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یوكسك (yüksek, “high, tall, elevated”), from Proto-Turkic *yǖkse- (“to elevate, to grow in height”), from Proto-Turkic *yǖk with the suffix *-se, morphologically yük (“load, burden, to take upon oneself, to undertake”) + -sa- (“derives verbs from nouns and adjectives”) + -k (“participle suffix”).

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