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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