𐰖𐰪-
yañ-
Meaning:
to rout, put to flight, scatter
The verb is securely represented in early inscriptional contexts of routing an enemy. A historical relationship with yay- “scatter” has been proposed; it should not be confused with yana “again”.
Examples
Translations
German:
in die Flucht schlagen, zerstreuen
Russian:
обращать в бегство, рассеивать
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
qaçmağa məcbur etmək, darmadağın etmək
Turkish (Türkiye):
bozguna uğratmak, dağıtmak
Bibliography 2
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Sergei Starostin, Anna Dybo, Oleg Mudrak (2003) Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languagesp. 987, s.v. *nʲańa (complete entry)p. 987, s.v. *nʲańa (complete entry)
*nʲańa to arrange, steer: Tung. *ńiani-; Turk. *jań-; Jpn. *nama-. PTung. *ńiani- to make straight; to steer (a boat) (выпрямлять; править (лодкой)): Evk. ēni-; Evn. ǟn-; Neg. ēnị-; Ul. ńewča-; Ork. ēqụta-; Nan. iŋqoča-; Orch. iŋkiča-. ◊ ТМС 1, 290-291. PTurk. *jań- 1 to rout 2 to lead smth. aside 3 to take smb. along (1 выгонять, обращать в бегство 2 отводить в сторону 3 брать кого-л. с собой): OTurk. jaj- (Ongin) 1, jań-; Tv. čaj- 2; Yak. sājɨs- 3. ◊ EDT 942. Cf. also *jaj-ra- ‘to fall apart’ (VEWT 179, ЭСТЯ 4, 80); the root is somewhat hard to distinguish from *jāj- ‘to shake’ - but seems to be distinct. PJpn. *nam- to arrange (be arranged) in a row (расставлять(ся) в ряд, упорядочивать(ся)): OJpn. nam- (intr.), nama- (trans.). ◊ JLTT 731, 732. ‖ The original meaning is well reconstructable as ‘to arrange, take or lead (smb. or smth.) in a row’. -
Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkishp. 942a–b, s.v. yañ- (complete entry)p. 942a–b, s.v. yañ- (complete entry)
yañ- ‘to rout’ or the like; as such n.o.a.b., but 1 yay- may be a later f. Türkü viii (the Oğuz attacked us . . .) anta: sançdım yañdım ‘I broke up and routed them there’ II E 32-3; (the Türkü people let their feet waver) oza: yaña: keligme: süsi:n ağıt(t)ım ‘I rallied their army which was escaping in disorder’ II E 31; (the Oğuz attacked us . . .) süŋüşdimiz teŋri: yarlıkadı: yañdımız ögüzke: tüşdi: yañduk yolta: yeme: ölti: ‘we fought; heaven favoured us; we routed them; they fell into the river and died on the road of their rout’ T 16; o.o. I E 23, II E 19 (elet-); I E 34; T 41—the word may occur as yay- in Ongin 1; the y- is not quite certain, but this meaning suits, and yañ- is likely to have been yay- earlier than yad:- which hardly suits the context. (Our ancestors . . .) tört buluŋığ etmiş yığmış yaymış basmış ‘organized, assembled, routed, and suppressed the four quarters (of the world)’.
