From Proto-Turkic *yā(y) (“bow”). Cognate with Kazakh жай (jay), Kyrgyz жаа (jaa), Kumyk жая (jaya), Azerbaijani yay, Turkish yay, Turkmen ýāý, Uzbek yoy, Shor чачақ, Tuvan ча (ça), Western Yugur ya (“arrow”), etc.
јаа • (ǰaa)