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жалғыз

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic جالعىز
Cyrillic жалғыз
Latin jalğyz
Yañalif çalƣьz

Etymology

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From *yal(ï)ŋuz (lone, solitary; sole, only), from Proto-Turkic *yalïŋ (lone, solitary; naked).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (jalïŋus, sole, only), Old Uyghur [script needed] (jalŋuz, sole, only), [script needed] (jalğuz, sole, only); Tatar ялгыз (yalgız, lonely), Bashkir яңғыҙ (yañğıź, lonely), Kyrgyz жалгыз (jalgız, lone, only, lonely)/ жаңгыз (jaŋgız), Southern Altai јаҥыс (ǰaŋïs, lone, only, lonely), Uzbek yolgʻiz (lonely), Khakas чалғыс (çalğıs, lonely), Tuvan чаңгыс (çañgıs, lonely), Turkmen ýalňyz (sole, only), Turkish yalnız (lonely).

Adjective

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жалғыз (jalğyz)

  1. lonely
  2. lone
  3. alone