јаа

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Southern Altai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

јаа (ǰaa)

  1. bow

References[edit]

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