еңгә

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *jeŋe (elder brother's wife).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yengä, older male relative's wife); Kazakh жеңге (jeñge), Kyrgyz жеңе (ceñe), Uyghur يەڭگە (yengge), Southern Altai јеҥе (ǰeŋe), Khakas ниге (nige), Yakut саҥас (saŋas, older male relative's wife).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɪ̞ŋˈɡæ]
  • Hyphenation: ең‧гә

Noun

еңгә (yeñgä)

  1. the wife of one's elder brother, cousin or other male blood relative (who is older than the speaker but younger than the speaker's parents)

Declension

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