یایان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From یایا (yaya, “pedestrian”).

Adverb

یایان • (yayan)

1. on foot, afoot

   Synonym: یایاق (yayak)

2. of little account or value
3. without skill

Related terms

• یایا (yaya)

Descendants

• Turkish: yayan
• → Armenian: յայան (yayan)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یایان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2196
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یایان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1346