yele

yele

1. alternative form of el

• yal, yalı, yeli (all dialectal)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یله (yele), from Old Anatolian Turkish یل (yal, yel), from Proto-Turkic *yāl (“mane”).

• IPA^(key): /jeˈle/
• Hyphenation: ye‧le

yele (definite accusative yeleyi, plural yeleler)

1. mane, longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion

   Synonym: perçem

2. dorsal fin, the fin located on the backs of most fish and some marine mammals

   Synonym: sırt yüzgeci

• “yele”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “yele”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “yele1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5276
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yele”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

yele

1. dative singular of yel