Where does “ياي” come from?

ياي (Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish یای, from Proto-Turkic yāy — summer, spring.

ياي (Arabic): spring, coil – Sprungfeder

Definitions

  1. spring, coil – Sprungfeder

Ancestry of “ياي”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیایbow; anything bow-shaped, also in architecture an...
2Proto-Turkicyāysummer, spring
Every word from Proto-Turkic yāy →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یای →