yat
التعريفات والمعاني
== Translingual ==
=== Symbol ===
yat
(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yambeta.
=== See also ===
Wiktionary’s coverage of Yambeta terms
== English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From a Slavic language; compare Russian ять (jatʹ). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
==== Alternative forms ====
jat
==== Noun ====
yat (plural yats)
A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use
The Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) vowel that was represented by this letter, usually transcribed as /ě/. This vowel underwent various alterations in the later Slavic dialects and is no longer distinguished (except in Ijekavian).
===== Translations =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Spelling variant.
==== Noun ====
yat (plural yats)
(MLE, African-American Vernacular, slang) Alternative spelling of yatt (“woman”).
=== Anagrams ===
AYT, Tay, tay
== Kalasha ==
=== Noun ===
yat
remembrance, memory
== Tashelhit ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /jat/
=== Numeral ===
yat f (Tifinagh spelling ⵢⴰⵜ, Arabic spelling يات)
feminine of yan (“one”)
=== References ===
Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2955b
== Turkish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈjat/
Rhymes: -at
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Ottoman Turkish یاط (yat), from English yacht, from Dutch jacht, Middle Dutch jaget, from Old Dutch *jaget, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōþu (“hunt, hunting”).
==== Noun ====
yat (definite accusative yatı, plural yatlar)
yacht
===== Declension =====
==== References ====
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Proto-Turkic *jāt (“foreign(er)”).
==== Alternative forms ====
(standard spelling) yad
==== Noun ====
yat (definite accusative yatı, plural yatlar)
(dialectal) foreigner
=== Etymology 3 ===
==== Verb ====
yat
second-person singular imperative of yatmak
== Volapük ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /jat/
=== Noun ===
yat (genitive yata, plural yats)
squirrel
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“yat”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)
== Wolof ==
=== Noun ===
yat (definite form yat bi)
stick, cane
=== References ===
Omar Ka (2018), Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 260