یالی

See also: بالي, بالى, تالی, تألي, and بالی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • یالو (yalı)

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek γιαλός (gialós) (or from very early modern Greek), from Ancient Greek αἰγιαλός (aigialós).

Noun

یالی • (yalı)

  1. bank, shore, brim of a body of water
    Synonym: قیی (kıyı)
  2. waterside residence

Descendants

  • Turkish: yalı
  • → Armenian: յալը (yalə)
  • → Bulgarian: ялѝя (jalìja)
  • → English: yali
  • → French: yali
  • → Greek: γιαλί (gialí), γιαλή (gialí)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ја̀лија
    Latin script: jàlija

References

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