یله
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- یلی (yeli)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یل (yal, yel, “mane”), from Proto-Turkic *yāl (“mane”)
Cognates
Noun
یله • (yele) (definite accusative یلهیی (yeleyi), plural یلهلر (yeleler))
- mane, longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
- Synonym: عرف (ʼurf)
Derived terms
- یلهلو (yeleli, “maned”)
Descendants
- Turkish: yele
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “یله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 885
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “yele1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5278
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “یلی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 510a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “یله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1358
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Juba”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 780
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “یله”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 5604
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yele”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “یله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2209
Persian
| Dari | یله |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | яла |
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ja.ˈla/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [jä.lá]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [jæ.lé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [jä.lá]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | yala |
| Dari reading? | yala |
| Iranian reading? | yale |
| Tajik reading? | yala |
Adjective
یله • (yala / yale)
Derived terms
verbs
- یله دادن (yala dādan / yale dâdan, “to let go, to leave”)
- یله کردن (yala kardan / yale kardan, “to release, to free”)
nouns
- یله گرد (yala gard / yale gard, “hoodlum”) (Dari)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ja.ˈla/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [jä.lá]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [jæ.lé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [jä.lá]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | yala |
| Dari reading? | yala |
| Iranian reading? | yale |
| Tajik reading? | yala |
Noun
یله • (yala / yale) (especially Iran, elsewhere uncommon)
Derived terms
- یله دادن (yala dādan / yale dâdan, “to lean”)
- یله کردن (yala kardan / yale kardan, “to bend”)
Further reading
- Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “یله”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “یله”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- “یله”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013
- “یله”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژهجو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025