یلك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish يَلَك, from Old Anatolian Turkish يَل (wind), from Old Turkic 𐰘𐰠 (yél), from Proto-Turkic *yẹl (wind).

Noun

یلك • (yelek)

  1. waistcoat, vest
  2. jelick

Descendants

  • Turkish: yelek
  • Albanian: jelek
  • Arabic: جَلِيقَة (jalīqa)
  • Egyptian Arabic: يَلَك (yalak) (obsolete)
  • Armenian: ելէկ (elēk), ելակ (elak)
  • Aromanian: ilecie
  • Bulgarian: елече (eleče)
  • English: jelick
  • Greek: γιλέκο (giléko), γελέκο (geléko)
  • Italian: giulecco
  • Ladino: yelek
  • Macedonian: елек (elek)
  • Persian: یلک
  • Romanian: ilic
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: јѐлек
    Latin script: jèlek
  • Ubykh: елеқь (elekʲ)