tin

Meaning

1. soul, spirit (rare, re-introduced in 1934 during the TDK’s language reform)
2. The essence or entity which some metaphysicists claim that the universe was created by or originated from

Concepts

psyche

spirit

Synonyms

ruh

can

Translations

esprit

رُوح

Geist

giyan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tin/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Turkish: 𐱅𐰃𐰤

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish:

In summary

Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰃𐰤 (tïn, “spirit, breath”).