еңгә

Bashkir

Etymology

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

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jengä, older male relative's wife);[1] Kazakh жеңге (jeñge), Kyrgyz жеңе (jeŋe), Southern Altai јеҥе (ǰeŋe), Uyghur يەڭگە (yengge), Khakas ниге (nige), Yakut саҥас (sañas, older male relative's wife), Turkish yenge (aunt-in-law, one's brother's wife).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

еңгә • (yeñgə)

  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

Declension of еңгә
singular plural
absolute еңгә (yeñgə) еңгәләр (yeñgələr)
definite genitive еңгәнең (yeñgəneñ) еңгәләрҙең (yeñgələrźeñ)
dative еңгәгә (yeñgəgə) еңгәләргә (yeñgələrgə)
definite accusative еңгәне (yeñgəne) еңгәләрҙе (yeñgələrźe)
locative еңгәлә (yeñgələ) еңгәләрҙә (yeñgələrźə)
ablative еңгәнән (yeñgənən) еңгәләрҙән (yeñgələrźən)

References

  1. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 256