yaylak

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Equivalent to yay +‎ -la +‎ -ak; from Ottoman Turkish یایلاق (yaylak), یایلا (yayla),[1] ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yāy (“summer”),[2] whence also Ottoman Turkish یای (yay).

Noun

yaylak (definite accusative yaylağı, plural yaylaklar)

  1. highland pasture
    Antonyms: kışlak, kışla

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یایلا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2196
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jāj”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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