The story
- Turkish · derived fromyar
- English todayyardang
From yardan, ablative of Turkish yar ("cliff", "precipice").
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
yardang
Today it means: A large wind-eroded mass of soft or poorly consolidated rock in a desert region which lies parallel to the prevailing winds, often with an unusual shape. Full definition →
Turkish yar