English Explanatory Dictionary

Yamnaya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A late Copper Age to early Bronze Age archaeological culture of the region between the Southern Bug, Dniester, and Ural rivers (the Pontic steppe), dating to 3300–2600 BCE, often associated with the Proto-Indo-Europeans.
noun
  1. The people of the Yamnaya culture.
adj
  1. Of or relating to the Yamnaya people or culture.

Pronunciation

/ˈjæmnaɪə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Eleanorrrrrrrrrr-Yamnaya.wav

Word forms

Yamnaya Yamna

Etymology

From Russian Ямная (Jamnaja), short for я́мная культу́ра, using the feminine form of я́мный, an adjective formed from я́ма (jáma, “pit”), referring to the culture's pit-grave burial practices. The alternative form Yamna is the corresponding form of the Ukrainian adjective я́мний.

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