јуу

Southern Altai

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *yagï (“enemy, war”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰍𐰃 (yaɣï, “enemy”), Karakhanid يَغٖى (yaɣï̄, “enemy”); Kazakh жау (jau, “enemy”), Khakas чаа (çaa, “war”), Ottoman Turkish یاغی (yağı, “stranger, enemy”).

Noun

јуу • (ǰuu)

  1. war, enemy
Derived terms
  • јуу-чак (ǰuu-čak)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *yāg. Cognate with Kumyk яв (yaw, “fat”), Turkish yağ.

Noun

јуу • (ǰuu)

  1. fat
    Synonym: май (may)

Further reading
  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јуу”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
  • Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “јуу”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN
  • “јуу”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN
  • Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1893–1911) Опыт словаря тюркских наречий – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte [Attempt at a Lexicon of the Turkic Dialects] (overall work in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 534
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