Where does “yabanı” come from?
yabanı (Azerbaijani) comes from Turkish yaban, from Persian یابان.
yabanı (Azerbaijani): wild
Definitions
- wild
Ancestry of “yabanı”, step by step
yabanı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish yaban
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | yaban | wilderness; backwoods; stranger, foreigner |
| 2 | Persian | یابان | — |
via Azerbaijani i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijani | i | — |