Etymology

Yañalif

Today it means: The first Latin alphabet used during the Soviet epoch of Latinization from 1928 until 1938. Full definition →

Tatar яңалиф
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  1. Tatar · borrowed fromяңалиф
  2. English todayYañalif

From the Common Turkic Alphabet spelling of Tatar яңалиф (yañalif), which is a contraction of яңа (yaña, “new”) and әлифба (älifba, “alphabet”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.