yenge

Meaning

  1. aunt-in-law; one's brother's wife
  2. (vocative) term of address for women
  3. (informal) female significant other of one's friend

Synonyms

teyzecik

halacığım

halacık

yengecik

eme

teyzeciğim

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
yen‧ge
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈjeɲˌɟe/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yeŋe (“elder brother's wife”). See Bashkir еңгә (yeñgə) for more cognates.

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