یال

See also: يال

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian یال (yâl).

Noun

یال • (yâl)

1. the nape of the neck; the withers (in a horse, etc.)
2. the mane of a horse, etc.

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2190

Etymology 2

Noun

یال • (yal)

1. bright, shining
2. smooth

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2190

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [jɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jɑːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jɑːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jɑːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jɔːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jɒːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jɔl]

Readings
Classical reading?	yāl
Dari reading?	yāl
Iranian reading?	yâl
Tajik reading?	yol

Noun

Dari	یال
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ёл

یال • (yâl)

1. mane (especially of a horse)
2. (archaic) neck

Derived terms

• فریال (faryâl)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: یال (yâl)
• → Urdu: یال (yāl)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “یال”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یال (yāl).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jɑːl/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl

Noun

یال • (yāl) f (Hindi spelling याल)

1. mane (of a horse; — orig. 'neck of a horse')

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “یال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.