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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

yaka.

collar

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. collar

    gömleğimin yakası

  2. side (of a district or geographical feature)

    Avrupa Yakası

  3. edge of a sail

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish یاقه (yaka), from Proto-Turkic *yaka (“collar; edge”). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jaqa, “collar”), Kazakh жаға (jağa, “collar”), Kyrgyz жака (jaka, “collar; shore, bank”), Uzbek yoqa (“collar; side; shore, bank”), Khakas чаға (çağa, “trousers/pants' belt; edge”), Yakut саҕа (saɣa, “collar; edge”), etc.

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