یال

See also: يال

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian یال (yâl).

Noun

یال • (yâl)

  1. the nape of the neck; the withers (in a horse, etc.)
  2. the mane of a horse, etc.

Further reading

Noun

یال • (yal)

  1. bright, shining
  2. smooth

Further reading

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? yāl
Dari reading? yāl
Iranian reading? yâl
Tajik reading? yol

Noun

Dari یال
Iranian Persian
Tajik ёл

یال • (yâl)

  1. mane
  2. neck

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: یال (yâl)
  • Urdu: یال (yāl)

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “یال”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یال (yāl).

Pronunciation

Noun

یال • (yāl) f (Hindi spelling याल)

  1. mane (of a horse; — orig. 'neck of a horse')

Further reading

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “یال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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