aşaq

Salar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic. Cognate to Turkmen aşāk (low).

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /ɑʃɑχ/, /ɑʃɨχ/

Adjective

aşaq

  1. low, squat
    Antonym: biki
  2. low (price)
    Çıqbarğan ötek aşaq, girgelgen ötek biki.
    The payment we make is low, the payment we receive is high.
    Yarmaq aşaqlanmiş.
    The price has decreased.
  3. below, lower
    Synonym: cüy
    Antonym: işt
    U aşağına enbarmiş.
    He went down.
    Öyim aşağında.
    My house is down below there.
  4. low, deep (voice)
    Antonym: biki
    Yaman söz ün aşaqda yoqdır.
    Low-voiced people have no bad words.
  5. inferior, subordinate
    Antonym: biki
    Sen anı aşaq vaqguma.
    Don't look down on him.

Derived terms

References

  • Kakuk, S. (1962), “aşaq”, in “Un Vocabulaire Salar”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae[1], volume 14, number 2, Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, pages 173-196
  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “aşaq”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 295
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “aşaq”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 12
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “aşaq”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 46
  • 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008), 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs]‎[3], China Salar Youth League, pages 38, 83
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “aşaq”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 21