yasak.
forbidden, prohibited
Meaning & usage
forbidden, prohibited
içki içmek yasaktır
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاساق (yasak), یاساغ (yasağ), from Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ (ǰasaɣ) whence Mongolian засаг (zasag, “rule, power; law”)). By surface analysis, yasa- + -k. Cognate with Tatar ясак (yasaq), Chagatai یاساق (yʾsʾq /yasaq/, “tribute; decree, law”), Bashkir яһаҡ (yahaq, “historical tax in Russia”), Kazakh жасақ (jasaq). The following are borrowed from Turkic: Middle Armenian ասախ (asax), Russian яса́к (jasák), Persian یاساق (yâsâq).
prohibition, ban
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاساق (yasak), یاساغ (yasağ), from Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ (ǰasaɣ) whence Mongolian засаг (zasag, “rule, power; law”)). By surface analysis, yasa- + -k. Cognate with Tatar ясак (yasaq), Chagatai یاساق (yʾsʾq /yasaq/, “tribute; decree, law”), Bashkir яһаҡ (yahaq, “historical tax in Russia”), Kazakh жасақ (jasaq). The following are borrowed from Turkic: Middle Armenian ասախ (asax), Russian яса́к (jasák), Persian یاساق (yâsâq).
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