Southern Altai јаа

← Azerbaijani yay (cognate)

← Shor чачақ (cognate)

← Kazakh жай (cognate)

← Kumyk жая (cognate)

← Kyrgyz жаа (cognate)

← Turkmen ýāý (cognate)

← Turkish yay (cognate)

← Proto-Turkic *yā(y) (inherited)

← Tuvan ча (cognate)

← Uzbek yoy (cognate)

← Western Yugur ya (cognate)

→ Bashkir йәйә (cognate)

→ Turkish yay (cognate)