English
yali
Yali comes from Ottoman Turkish یالی ‘bank, shore, brim of a body of water’, from Greek γιαλός ‘seashore, beach’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l1‘salt’uncertain
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hā́ls1‘salt’uncertain
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἅλς2háls‘sea’uncertain
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEαἰγιαλός3‘beach’
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453γιαλός3
- Greek1453–presentγιαλός4gialós‘seashore, beach’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928یالی4yalı‘bank, shore, brim of a body of water’
- Englishtodayyali4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἅλς
- 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek αἰγιαλός
- 3 Wiktionary, Greek γιαλός
- 4 Wiktionary, English yali
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂lWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἅλς‘salt’uncertain
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hā́lsWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἅλς‘salt’uncertain
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἅλςWiktionary, Ancient Greek αἰγιαλόςháls‘sea’uncertain
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEαἰγιαλόςWiktionary, Greek γιαλός‘beach’
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453γιαλόςWiktionary, Greek γιαλός
- Greek1453–presentγιαλόςWiktionary, English yaligialós‘seashore, beach’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928یالیWiktionary, English yaliyalı‘bank, shore, brim of a body of water’
- EnglishtodayyaliWiktionary, English yali
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
sauce, salt, salary, salad, sausage, cellar, salsa, sal, saline, salami, salina, 30 more
through Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘sea’
Today it means
noun A type of house, particularly found on the Bosporus.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “yali”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek ἅλς, Ancient Greek αἰγιαλός, Greek γιαλός. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l / yali