Where does “Yañı Qapu” come from?

Yañı Qapu (Crimean Tatar) comes from Crimean Tatar yañı, from Azerbaijani -lıq — Form of -lik "after the vowels A / I.

Ancestry of “Yañı Qapu”, step by step

Yañı Qapu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Crimean Tatar yañı

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tataryañınew
2Azerbaijani-lıqForm of -lik "after the vowels A / I

via Crimean Tatar qap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarqapcope, case, cover
Every word from Azerbaijani -lıq →Every word from Crimean Tatar yañı →