different between yay vs yad

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: y?, IPA^(key): /je?/
• Rhymes: -e?
• Homophone: yea

Etymology 1

Alteration of yea (“yes; even, truly, verily”). More at yea.

Alternative forms

• yea

Interjection

yay

1. (colloquial) An expression of happiness.

   Yay! I have finally finished my work!

2. Misspelling of yea.

Synonyms

• (an expression of happiness): hooray

Derived terms

• yayness

Translations

Adverb

yay (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of yea

   The tree was yay big.

See also

• nay

Etymology 2

From the sound it represents, by analogy with the other palatal letters chay and jay.

Noun

yay (plural yays)

1. The letter for the y sound in Pitman shorthand.

Related terms

• wye, the name of the Latin letter for this sound

Etymology 3

From Spanish llello.

Alternative forms

• yayo, yay-yo, yeyo

Noun

yay (uncountable)

1. (US, slang) Cocaine (powder or crack).
   • 2006, "They Shootin'", Vibe, December 2006:

     In Billy Corben's engrossing new documentary, Cocaine Cowboys (Magnolia Pictures), self-described "assassin" Jorge "Rivi" Ayala (among others) give up the goods on Miami's explosive early '80s yay trade.

   • 2009, Tyrone Pierson, Murder in the Moonlight, AuthorHouse (2009), ?ISBN, page 339:

     I'm in charge of a whole city block, and I always wear gloves when I touch the yay, cuz traces of cocaine show up on my u. a., when I touch it with my bare hands.

   • 2012, Azealia Banks, "Liquorice", 1991:

     I don't do yay, but if you want to, fine

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cocaine.

Anagrams

• ayy

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [j?j]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *y?y (“summer”).

Noun

yay (definite accusative yay?, plural yaylar)

1. summer

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *y?(y) (“bow”).

Noun

yay (definite accusative yay?, plural yaylar)

1. bow (a weapon used for shooting arrows)

Declension

References

Middle English

Pronoun

yay

1. Alternative form of þei (“they”)

Ojibwe

Particle

yay

1. exclamation

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (yay), from Proto-Turkic *y?(y) (“bow”).

Cognate with Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar yay Gagauz yay or yay?, Bashkir ???? (yäyä) or ?? (yan), Chuvash ?? (?u), Nogai ?? (yay), Khakas ????? (çacax), Karaim yay, Karakalpak jay, Kazakh ??? (jay), Kyrgyz ??? (caa) ,Southern Altai ??? (?aa, “bow”), Tatar ???? (cäyä) ,Turkmen ýaaý, Uzbek yoy,Tuvan ?? (ça), Uyghur ??? (ya) etc.

Noun

yay (definite accusative yay?, plural yaylar)

1. bow (weapon)

Etymology 2

Verb

yay

1. second-person singular imperative of yaymak

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hebrew ??? (yád, “hand”)

Noun

yad (plural yads or yadim)

1. (Judaism) A pointer used in the ritual of Torah-reading.

Etymology 2

From the Tifinagh alphabet.

Noun

yad

1. The letter ? in the Tifinagh alphabet.

Anagrams

• Day, d'ya, day, ? Day

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [j?d]

Etymology 1

From Common Turkic *y?t (“alien, foreign, unfamiliar”). Cognate with Bashkir ?? (yat), Kazakh ??? (jat),Uzbek yot (“alien, foreign”), Turkmen ýat etc.

Adjective

yad (comparative daha yad, superlative ?n yad)

1. alien, strange, foreign
2. unfamiliar

   Synonym: özg?

Derived terms

• yadplanetli (“extraterrestrial”)

Noun

yad (definite accusative yad?, plural yadlar)

1. stranger

   Synonym: özg?

Declension

Derived terms

• yadplanetli (“alien”)

Etymology 2

From Persian ???? (yâd).

Noun

yad (definite accusative yad?, plural yadlar)

1. memory

Declension

Derived terms

• yadda? (“memory”)
• yadda qalmaq (“to remember”)
• yadda saxlamaq (“to remember”)
• yaddan ç?xmaq (“to forget”)
• yada dü?m?k (“to come to mind”)
• yada salmaq (“to remind”)

Related terms

• yadigar (“memento”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Pronoun

yad

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of ya (“which (relative)”)

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from non-rhotic English yard.

Noun

yad (nominative plural yads)

1. yard

Declension