Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *jāt ‎(“alien, foreign, unfamiliar”).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] ‎(jat, “alien, foreign”), Kazakh жат ‎(jat), Uzbek yot ‎(“alien, foreign”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɑt]
• Hyphenation: ят (one syllable)