yeğen
Appearance
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yegin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yeğen
Usage notes
[edit]There is no distinction between nephew and niece in Turkish.
Gender is specifically indicated if a distinction is necessary; erkek yeğen (literally “boy/man nibling”) means “nephew” and kız yeğen (literally “girl nibling”) means “niece”.
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “yeğen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yeğen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “yeğen”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı