یالی

See also: بالي, بالى, تالی, تألي, and بالی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• یالو (yalı)

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek γιαλός (gialós) (or from very early modern Greek), from Ancient Greek αἰγιαλός (aigialós).

Noun

یالی • (yalı)

1. bank, shore, brim of a body of water

   Synonym: قیی (kıyı)

2. waterside residence

Descendants

• Turkish: yalı
• → Armenian: յալը (yalə)
• → Bulgarian: ялѝя (jalìja)
• → English: yali
• → French: yali
• → Greek: γιαλί (gialí), γιαλή (gialí)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ја̀лија

  Latin script: jàlija

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yalı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük