ямау

Bashkir

Ямау.

Etymology

From *yamağ (patch), from Proto-Turkic *yama- (to patch).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (jamaγ, patch); Kazakh жамау (jamaw), Kyrgyz жамоо (camoo), Karachay-Balkar жамау, Kumyk ямав (patch); Uzbek yamoq, Uyghur ياماق (yamaq, patch); Turkmen ýama, Turkish yama, Azerbaijani yamaq (patch); also Yakut самалык (samalık, patch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɑˈmɑw]
  • Hyphenation: я‧мау

Noun

ямау (yamaw)

  1. patch, piece of cloth sewed on an old garment to repair it

Declension

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