yat

See also: Yat, yát, and þat

English

Alternative forms

Noun

yat (plural yats)

  1. A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ), no longer in current use
  2. The Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) vowel that was represented by this letter, usually transcribed as /ě/. This vowel underwent various alterations in the later Slavic dialects and is no longer distinguished (except in Ijekavian).
Translations

Noun

yat (plural yats)

  1. (MLE, African-American Vernacular, slang) Alternative spelling of yatt (woman)

Anagrams


Kalasha

Noun

yat

  1. remembrance, memory

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑt/
  • Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish یات, from English yacht.

Noun

yat (definite accusative yatı, plural yatlar)

  1. yacht
    • 1936 August 22, “İngiliz kralı Korfo'da [King of England in Corfu]”, in Türk Sözü, page 1:
      İngiliz kralı sekizinci Edvard dün hususî yatiyle ve beraberinde iki İngiliz torpidosu olduğu halde buraya gelmiştir.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), yat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *jāt (foreign(er)).

Noun

yat (definite accusative yatı, plural yatlar)

  1. (dialectal) foreigner

Verb

yat

  1. second-person singular imperative of yatmak

Volapük

Noun

yat (nominative plural yats)

  1. squirrel

Declension

Derived terms

  • hiyat
  • hiyatül
  • yatül
  • jiyat
  • jiyatül

Wolof

Noun

yat (definite form yat bi)

  1. stick, cane

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 260

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