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Is yad a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word yad is a Scrabble US word. The word yad is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

Y4A1D2

Is yad a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word yad is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

Y4A1D2

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3-letter words (2 found)

DAY,YAD,

2-letter words (4 found)

AD,AY,DA,YA,

You can make 6 words from yad according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of yad

yad

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hebrew יד (yád, “hand”)

Noun

yad (plural yads or yadim)

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

Etymology 2

From the Tifinagh alphabet.

Noun

yad

  1. The letter ⴷ in the Tifinagh alphabet.

See also

  • tefillah shel yad (possibly related to the above Judaism term?)

Anagrams

  • Day, d'ya, day, π Day

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɑd]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *yāt (“alien, foreign, unfamiliar”). Cognate with Bashkir ят (yat), Kazakh жат (jat), Uzbek yot (“alien, foreign”), Turkmen ýat etc.

Adjective

yad (comparative daha yad, superlative ən yad)

  1. alien, strange, foreign
  2. unfamiliar
    Synonym: özgə
    Qorxu hissi ona yad idi. ― He knew no fear. (literally, “The feeling of fear was unfamiliar to him.”)
Derived terms
  • yadplanetli (“extraterrestrial”)

Noun

yad (definite accusative yadı, plural yadlar)

  1. stranger
    Synonym: özgə
Declension
Derived terms
  • yadplanetli (“alien”)

Descendants

  • → Armenian: յադ (yad)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian یاد (yâd).

Noun

yad (definite accusative yadı, plural yadlar)

  1. memory
Declension
Derived terms
  • yaddaş (“memory”)
  • yadda qalmaq (“to remember”)
  • yadda saxlamaq (“to remember”)
  • yaddan çıxmaq (“to forget”)
  • yada düşmək (“to come to mind”)
  • yada salmaq (“to remind”)
Related terms
  • yadigar (“memento”)

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Arabic يَد (yad)

Noun

yad (plural yad-yad)

  1. hand

Etymology 2

Adjective

yad

  1. Abbreviation of yang akan datang (“upcoming, next”).
    Synonym: mendatang

Pali

Alternative forms

Pronoun

yad

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

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یاد (yad, “foreign”), from Proto-Common Turkic *yāt (“alien, foreign, unfamiliar”). Cognate with Azerbaijani yad, Bashkir ят (yat), Kazakh жат (jat) Uzbek yot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɑd/

Adjective

yad

  1. foreign
  2. unfamiliar

Declension

Noun

yad (definite accusative yadı, plural yadlar)

  1. foreigner

Declension

Related terms

  • yadırgamak
  • yadsımak

See also

  • yâd

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from non-rhotic English yard.

Noun

yad (nominative plural yads)

  1. yard

Declension


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