Where does “یایلا” come from?

یایلا (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Proto-Turkic *yāylag, from Proto-Turkic yāy — summer, spring.

یایلا (Ottoman Turkish): summer pasturage or residence in the mountains used by shepherds or nomads, where animals are taken to pasture or graze

Definitions

  1. summer pasturage or residence in the mountains used by shepherds or nomads, where animals are taken to pasture or graze

Ancestry of “یایلا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*yāylag—
2Proto-Turkicyāysummer, spring

Words derived from “یایلا”

Every word from Proto-Turkic yāy →Every word from Proto-Turkic *yāylag →