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islää

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Gagauz

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Alternative froms

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, işle- +‎ -ek[1], first attested in 1665[2]. Compare Turkish işlek.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /(j)isˈlæː/
  • Hyphenation: is‧lää

Adjective

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islää (comparative taa islää, superlative en islää)

  1. good, pleasant, fine
    Synonym: ii
    islää keyf
    good mood
    nicä işlär? - islää
    How are you? - (I'm) fine
    (literally, “how are the deals - fine”)
  2. well, okay, alright
  3. pretty, fine
    Synonym: gözäl

Usage notes

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  • For something that is considered morally good, usually ii is used.
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Interjection

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islää

  1. (colloquial) OK, alright, fine
    islää, gelecäm
    OK, I will come

References

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  1. ^ András Rajki, A Concise Gagauz Dictionary with etymologies and Turkish, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar and Turkmen cognates, 2007
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “işlek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “ислää”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 204
  • Baskakov, N. A. (1991) “islee”, in İsmail Kaynak, A. Mecit Doğru, transl., Gagauz Türkçesinin Sözlüğü [The Dictionary of Gagauz Turkish] (in Turkish), Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, page 122
  • Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “islää”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 86
  • Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “islää”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 42
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