ییو

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yüg ~ *yig; cognate with Azerbaijani yiv.

Noun

ییو • (yiv) (definite accusative ییوی (yivi), plural ییولر (yivler))

  1. groove, channel, any long, narrow indentation or depression cut into a hard material
    Near-synonyms: اولق (oluk), ناو (nav)
  2. chamfer, bevel, a transitional edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle
    Synonym: اولق (oluk)
  3. rabbet, a longitudinal channel or groove, cut out of the edge or face of a plank of wood

Derived terms

  • ییو تفنكی (yiv tüfenği, “needle gun”)
  • ییوله‌مك (yivlemek, “to groove”)
  • ییولو (yivli, “grooved, channeled”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yiv
  • → Armenian: յիվ / եիվ (yiv)
  • → Bulgarian: и́вица (ívica)
  • → Macedonian: ивица (ivica)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: и̏вица / ȉvica

Further reading

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