Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yali

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: yali
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of house, particularly found on the Bosporus.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یالی (yalı), from Greek γιαλός (gialós).

Origin

Source language: Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: یالی, γιαλός

Inflected Forms

yalis (plural)

Questions

What does yali mean?: A type of house, particularly found on the Bosporus.
Where does yali come from?: It is traced to Greek.

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