ییغین

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yıġın (heap, pile);[1] cognate with Old Turkic (yıġın) and Azerbaijani yığın.

Noun

ییغین (yığın)

  1. heap, pile, mass, a collection of things forming an elevation
    Synonyms: توده (tude), كومه (küme)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yığın
  • Armenian: յըղըն (yəġən)

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yığın”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 904

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