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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

yay.

bow (weapon)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. bow (weapon)

  2. spring, coil spring

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish یای (yay), from Proto-Turkic *yā(y) (“bow”). Cognates Cognate with Azerbaijani yay, Crimean Tatar yay, Gagauz yay, Bashkir йәйә (yäyä), Chuvash укҫу (ukśu), Nogai яй (yay), Khakas чааӌах (çaacax), Karaim jaj, йайа, йаа, Kazakh жақ (jaq), Kyrgyz жаа (jaa), Southern Altai јаа (ǰaa), Tatar җәя (cäyä), Turkmen ýāý, Uzbek yoy, Tuvan ча (ça), Uyghur يا (ya), etc.

noun

  1. summer

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یای, from Old Anatolian Turkish یای (yay, “summer”), from Proto-Turkic *yāy (“summer; spring”).

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