یاین

Ottoman Turkish

یاین

Alternative forms

  • یایین (yayın)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāyïn (catfish, sheatfish; salmon); cognate with Bashkir йәйен (yəyen), Chuvash ҫуйӑн (śujăn), Kazakh жайын (jaiyn), Kumyk яйын (yayın), Kyrgyz жайын (jayın), Nogai яйын (yayın) and Tatar җәен (cäyen).

Noun

یاین • (yayın)

  1. either of three different kinds of fish:
    1. the sheatfish, any of various fish of the genus Silurus
    2. the salmon, any of various fish of the subfamily Salmoninae
    3. the pike, any of various fish of the genus Esox
      Synonym: طورنه بالغی (turna balığı)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yayın
  • Armenian: յայըն (yayən)

Further reading

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