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yad.

foreign

3 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

adj/jɑd/

  1. foreign

  2. unfamiliar

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish یاد (yad, “foreign”), from Proto-Common Turkic *yāt (“alien, foreign, unfamiliar”). Cognate with Azerbaijani yad, Bashkir ят (yat), Kazakh жат (jat) Uzbek yot.

noun/jɑd/

  1. foreigner

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish یاد (yad, “foreign”), from Proto-Common Turkic *yāt (“alien, foreign, unfamiliar”). Cognate with Azerbaijani yad, Bashkir ят (yat), Kazakh жат (jat) Uzbek yot.

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