Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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From arxa (back; support). Compare Turkmen arkaýyn (complacent, permissive, safe, cool).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑɾxɑjɯn/
  • (Ardabil) IPA(key): /ɑɾxejin/[1]
  • Audio (Azerbaijan):(file)

Adjective

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arxayın (comparative daha arxayın, superlative ən arxayın)

  1. calm, tranquil, unworried
    Arxayın ol, hər şey yaxşı olacaq.Don't worry, everything is gonna be alright.
  2. confident
    arxayın etməkto assure
  3. carefree

Derived terms

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Adverb

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arxayın

  1. calmly, quietly
  2. confidently
  3. without difficulty, without hindrance, without obstruction, freely

Descendants

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  • Armenian: արխային (arxayin), արխեյին (arxeyin)
  • Northern Kurdish: arxayîn

References

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  1. ^ Dehghani, Yavar (2000) A grammar of Iranian Azeri: including comparisons with Persian, Munich: Lincom Europa, page 68:
    Although there are no exceptions in the standard dialect, there are some exceptions to vowel harmony in some dialects of [Azerbaijani]. The most representative dialect of these types is Ardabili[, in which] (...) there is both Backness and Roundness harmony in suffixes[.] (...) However, this dialect differs from the standard dialect (...) [with] the following six words (...) which violate vowel harmony constraints: /arxeyin/ 'relax', /bınörä/ 'foundation', /bılö/ 'a stone', /bıtö/ 'complete', /ilan/ 'snake', /jıngıro/ 'very cold'.

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