ایل

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ēl (“realm”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃𐰠 (é̄l), Azerbaijani el, Bashkir ил (il), Chuvash ял (jal), Kazakh ел (el), Kyrgyz эл (el), Tatar ил (il), Turkmen īl, Uyghur ئەل (el) and Uzbek el.

Noun

ایل • (il)

  1. (originally) any other person that one's self, others, other people
  2. any person or persons other than one's own household, tribe, or nation, strangers
  3. tribe, people, or nation; especially a subdivision of a large tribe called ulus
  4. the country of any particular tribe, or ruled over by any particular man or dynasty
    Synonyms: اولكا (ülke), دولت (devlet)

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Descendants

  • Gagauz: iel
  • Turkish: il, el

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Persian

Etymology 1

From a Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ēl.

Noun

ایل • (il) (plural ایلات (ilât) or ایل‌ها (il-hâ))

  1. clan
  2. tribe
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Etymology 2

From either Azerbaijani il (“year”) or Ottoman Turkish ییل (yıl, “year”).

Noun

ایل • (il)

  1. year (used only in Turkic year names)

Etymology 3

From Arabic أُيَّل (ʔuyyal).

Noun

ایل • (oyyal)

  1. (Classical Persian) deer, stag
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