یراسه

Ottoman Turkish

یراسه

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yarïsgu (bat), a development of *yar- (naked; hairless). Cognate with Azerbaijani yarasa, Old Uyghur [script needed] (yarsko), Siberian Tatar [script needed] (yarıskı), Salar yarasan, Turkmen yarasa and Tuvan часкы (çaskı).

Noun

یراسه • (yarasa)

  1. bat, any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera
    Synonyms: شبپره (şebpere), گیجه قوشی (gece kuşu)

Descendants

  • Gagauz: yarasa
  • Turkish: yarasa

Further reading

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