English Explanatory Dictionary

yat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use
  2. The Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) vowel that was represented by this letter, usually transcribed as /ě/. This vowel underwent various alterations in the later Slavic dialects and is no longer distinguished (except in Ijekavian).
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of yatt (“woman”).
name
  1. A unique collection of dialects of English spoken in New Orleans, Louisiana.
noun
  1. A person of the New Orleans, Louisiana area who speaks with a Yat accent.
name
  1. The station code of Yau Tong in Hong Kong.

Word forms

yat yats jat

Etymology

From a Slavic language; compare Russian ять (jatʹ).

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