یوا

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • یووه‎ (yuva), یوه‎ (yuva)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *uya (“nest”); cognate with Azerbaijani yuva, Bashkir оя (oya), Chuvash йӑва (jăva), Kazakh ұя (ūä), Kyrgyz уя (uya), Tatar оя (oya), Uyghur ئۇۋا‎ (uwa) and Uzbek uya.

Noun

یوا • (yuva)

  1. nest, a structure built by birds as a place to incubate eggs
    Synonyms: آشیانه‎ (aşiyane), عش‎ (uş), لانه‎ (lane)
  2. socket, a depression or hollow in which a thing rests or works

Derived terms

  • یوالامق‎ (yuvalamak, “to nest”)
  • یوالانمق‎ (yuvalanmak, “to become a nest or socket”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yuva
  • → Armenian: յուվա (yuva)

Further reading

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