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Where does “yali” come from?

yali (English) comes from Ottoman Turkish یالی, from Greek γιαλός, from Byzantine Greek γιαλός, from Ancient Greek Αἰγιαλός, from Ancient Greek ἅλς, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

yali (English): A type of house, particularly found on the...

Definitions

  1. A type of house, particularly found on the...

Ancestry of “yali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیالیbank, shore, brim of a body of water; waterside...
2Greekγιαλόςseashore, beach
3Byzantine Greekγιαλός—
4Ancient GreekΑἰγιαλός—
5Ancient Greekἅλςsalt; brine; sea
6Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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