yatsı

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یاتسی (yatsı, “bed time; night prayer”), can be analyzed as yat- +‎ -sı.

Noun

yatsı (definite accusative yatsıyı, plural yatsılar)

the time after astronomical twilight
(Islam) the night prayer (isha)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yatsı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاتسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2180

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