агалу-ийиндӱ

Southern Altai

Etymology

From *aqa ini (“elder and elder brothers”), from Proto-Turkic *(i)āka (“elder brother”) + Proto-Turkic *ini (“younger brother”). Synchronously, equivalent to ака (aka, “elder brother”) +‎ ийин (iyin, “younger brother”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (aqa ini, “elder and younger brothers”); Kyrgyz агайын (agayın), агайин (agayin), агайни (agayni); Kazakh ағайын (ağaiyn, “a way to address a male congregation”), Uzbek ogʻayni (“brothers; male friends”), Uyghur ئاغا-ئىنى (agha-'ini, “younger and elder brothers”).

Noun

агалу-ийиндӱ • (agalu-iyindü)

1. younger brother and elder brother

References

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “агалу-ийиндӱ”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ, Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN