ögey

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		өҝеј
Abjad		اؤگئی

Alternative forms

• ögəy

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (ögey), from Proto-Turkic *ögey, cognate with Turkish üvey.

In Azerbaijani, non-initial /-g-/ has evolved to /-j-/, whereas in Turkish it has evolved to /-v-/, compare Turkish dövmek vs. Azerbaijani döymək, both from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (dögmek, “to beat”); Turkish sövmek vs. Azerbaijani söymək, both from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (sögmek, “to swear”). Turkish üvey (“step-”) therefore demonstrates a regular phonological development, while the Azerbaijani term unexpectedly preserves the intervocalic /-g-/ instead of the expected /-j-/, which would yield *öyey.

Further cognates

Crimean Tatar ögey Turkmen öweý, Tatar үги (ügi), Bashkir үгәй (ügəy), Kazakh өгей (ögei), Kyrgyz өгөй (ögöy), Southern Altai ӧй (öy), Crimean Tatar ögey, Uzbek oʻgay, Uyghur ئوگەي (ogey), Khakas ӧӧй, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [œˈɟej], [œˈɟæj]

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• Hyphenation: ö‧gey

Adjective

ögey

1. step-; a prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent.

   ögey ana ― stepmother

   ögey ata ― stepfather

   ögey oğul ― stepson

   ögey qardaş ― stepbrother

Antonyms

• doğma

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ög-.

Adjective

ögey

1. step- # A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent.

   ögey ana ― step mother

   ögey baba ― step father

   ögey bala ― step child