yeğen
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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yegin.
Pronunciation
Noun
yeğen
Usage notes
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
Further reading
- “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