iyä

Gagauz

Cyrillic ийӓ

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اككی (egägi), a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ẹge-.[1] Compare Turkish eğe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(j)iˈjæ/
  • Hyphenation: i‧yä

Noun

iyä (definite accusative iyeyi, plural iyelär)

  1. (anatomy) rib
  2. rasp, file
    Synonym: kösterä

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “eğe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • Çebotar, Petri, Dron, Ion (2002) “iyä”, in Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, page 328
  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “ийӓ”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 200