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јаа

Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yā(y) (“bow”). Cognate with Kazakh жай (jai), Kyrgyz жаа (jaa), Kumyk жая (jaya), Azerbaijani yay, Turkish yay, Turkmen ýāý, Uzbek yoy, Shor чачақ, Tuvan ча (ça), Western Yugur ya (“arrow”), etc.

Noun

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јаа • (ǰaa)

  1. bow

References

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  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јаа”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
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