Proto-Turkic: *jAdna- ( ~ -j-)
Meaning: to long for
Russian meaning: желать, стремиться
Turkmen: jajna- dial. 'to suffer, worry'
Shor: čajna-
Oyrat: jajna-, d́ajna- 'to pine'
Comments: VEWT 179, ЭСТЯ 4, 80. The stem seems to be distinct from the homonymous *jadna- ( ~ *jajna-) 'to be spread; be wide open (eyes)' which may be derived from *jĀd- 'spread' q. v. sub *ǯādV (see ЭСТЯ 4, 79); let us note, however, that many of the reflexes of the latter may actually reflect our *jadna- 'to long for, miss' (cf. especially Kirgh. ǯajna- 'to stare with envy and hope', Tur. jajna- 'to live in prosperity' etc.).
