el

Sentences
Meaning

  1. hand
  2. possession
  3. round (stage of a sports competition)
  4. round (individual ammunition shell)
  5. handle
  6. because, cause

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/el/
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish ال (el), from Old Anatolian Turkish ال (el), from Proto-Turkic *elig (“hand”), may be related to Proto-Turkic *al- (“to take”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰠𐰏 (elig), Uzbek ilik, Turkmen el, Gagauz el, Salar el, Southern Altai элӱ (elü, “wide finger”), Chuvash алӑ (ală), etc.

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