یارلی

Chagatai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yarlïg. Cognate with Kipchak iarle, Bashkir ярлы (yarlı).

Adjective

یارلی (yarli) (comparative یارلیراق (yarliraq), superlative اینک یارلی (eŋ yarli))

  1. poor, miserable, wretched, pitiable, worthy of pity
    Synonyms: مسکین (miskīn), فقیر (fäqīr), گدا (gädā)
  2. poor, destitute, indigent

Further reading

  • el-Buhari, Süleyman Özbeki (1881) “یارلی”, in لغت چغتای و ترکی عثمانی [Ottoman Turkish-Chagatai Dictionary]‎[1] (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 1, page 291
  • Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “یارلی”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎[2] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 523