ابلا

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• ابله

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”).

Noun

ابلا • (abla)

1. sister
2. older sister
3. (informal) woman
4. (informal) wife

Descendants

• Turkish: abla, aba
• → Greek: αμπλά (amplá)
• → Gulf Arabic: ابلة (abḷa)
• → Hijazi Arabic: أبلة (ʔabla)

References

• Budagov, Lazarʹ (1869) Сравнительный словарь турецко-татарских наречий [Comparative Dictionary of Turko-Tatar Dialects] (in Russian), volume I, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 5