يەر

Uyghur

Other scripts
Perso-Arabic يەر
Latin yer
Cyrillic йәр

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai یر (/⁠yer⁠/), from Proto-Turkic *yẹr (earth).

Cognate with Uzbek yer; Old Uyghur 𐽶𐽶𐽾 (yyr /⁠yer⁠/), 𐽶𐽾 (yr /⁠yer⁠/), Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (y²ir² /⁠yer⁠/), 𐰘𐰼 (y²r² /⁠yer⁠/); Kyrgyz جەر / жер (jer), Kazakh جەر / жер (jer), Karakalpak jer, Nogai ер (yer); Turkmen ýer, Azerbaijani یئر / јер / yer, Turkish yer; etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛr/

Noun

يەر • (yer) (plural يەرلەر (yerler))

  1. land, ground, soil
  2. the ground, the earth (compared with the air or higher place)
  3. the earth (as a planet)
  4. a place, point, spot (on something, or abstract), point

Declension

Conjunction

يەر • (yer)

  1. surely