ایلتی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *elti (“co-sister-in-law”), a word which, according to Nishanyan, derives from *ẹlt- (“to take or carry away”), the same root of ایلتمك (iletmek, “to take or carry away”). Cognate with Azerbaijani elti and Turkmen elti.

Noun

ایلتی • (ilti or elti) (definite accusative ایلتیی (iltiyi, eltiyi), plural ایلتیلر (iltiler, eltiler))

  1. co-sister-in-law, one's spouse's sister-in-law, especially one's husband's brother's wife
    Synonym: سلفه (silfe)
  2. co-wife, wife-in-law, another wife of a woman’s husband in a polygamous marriage
    Synonym: قومه (kuma)

Derived terms

  • ایلتیلك (eltilik, “the quality of being co-sister-in-law”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: elti

Further reading

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