یاقه

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Ottoman Turkish

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یاقه

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yaka (collar, edge); cognate with Azerbaijani yaxa, Bashkir яға, Chuvash ҫуха (śuh̬a), Kazakh жаға (jağa), Kyrgyz жака (jaka), Uyghur ياقا (yaqa), Uzbek yoqa and Yakut саҕа (sağa).

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Noun

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یاقه (yaka) (definite accusative یاقه‌یی (yakayı), plural یاقه‌لر (yakalar))

  1. collar, the part of a garment that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric
    Synonym: گریبان (giriban)
  2. (figuratively) skirt, the border, edge, margin or extreme part of a mountain, sea, river, or other geographical feature
    Synonyms: اتك (etek), راغ (rağ)
  3. (nautical) any one of the four sides of a quadrangular sail which define its shape, e.g. head, leech, foot and luff

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