Where does “yaba” come from?

yaba (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یابا, from Proto-Turkic *yāpa — wooden fork.

yaba (Turkish): pitchfork

Definitions

  1. pitchfork

Ancestry of “yaba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیاباwinnowing fork, a pitchfork used to winnow rice or grain from the chaff
2Proto-Turkic*yāpawooden fork
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