یایان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From یایا‎ (yaya, “pedestrian”).

Adverb

یایان • (yayan)

on foot, afoot
Synonym: یایاق‎ (yayak)
of little account or value
without skill

Related terms

یایا‎ (yaya)

Descendants

Turkish: yayan
→ Armenian: յայան (yayan)

Further reading

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “یایان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2196
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “یایان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1346

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