Yayla (resort)

This article is about highland resorts in Turkey. For other uses, see Yayla.
Pokut Yayla, Rize, Turkey

Yayla is a Turkic name given to settlements or areas which are suitable for summer mountain resorts and summer highland transhumance. The term is also cognate with the related Turkic term yaylak. Since in Oghuz languages the last -k or -ı(g) sounds generally drop as in examples such as yazı(g), dizi(g), dolu(g), ölü(g), with the last letter dropped as yayla (opposing to yaylak or yaylag), it is only in use in Turkish and other closely related languages such as Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Balkan Turkish and Azerbaijani.[1][2]

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan. "yayla - Nişanyan Dictionary". nisanyansozluk.com. Nişanyan Sözlük. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan. "+ı(g) suffix - Nişanyan Dictionary". nisanyansozluk.com. Nişanyan Sözlük. Retrieved 9 March 2023.