یای

See also: -ئاي, ئاي, and ياي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *yā(y) (“bow”).

Noun

یای • (yay)

1. bow (for shooting)

   Synonym: كمان (keman)

2. anything bow-shaped, also in architecture an arch
3. spring, coil – Sprungfeder

Descendants

• Turkish: yay
• → Arabic: يَاي (yāy, “spring”)
• → Armenian: յայ (yay)
• → Bulgarian: яй (jaj)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *yāy (“summer”).

Noun

یای • (yay)

1. (earlier Ottoman) summer

   Synonym: یاز (yaz)

Related terms

• یایلا (yayla), یایلاق (yaylak, “summer pasture”)