iğ

• IPA^(key): /iː/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /iɣ/

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایك (iğ, “spindle”), from Old Anatolian Turkish یك (yig), from Proto-Turkic *iyik. Cognate with Chuvash йӗке (jĕk̬e), Kyrgyz ийик (iyik), Turkmen ik, Azerbaijani iy, Gagauz ii etc.

iğ (definite accusative iği, plural iğler)

1. spindle

   iği çevirmek ― to turn the spindle

2. Ellipsis of iğ iplik
3. spindle, axel, shaft

   değirmen iği ― the axel of a mill

4. (dialectal) axis of the car arrow
5. (Isparta, Aydın, Ordu, Trabzon, Rize, Bitlis, Artvin, Niğde, Konya, Muğla) the iron axis located in the middle of the millstone and passing to the upper stone above
6. (Mersin) freckle-like spots on fruits
7. (Hatay) thick wooden axle in the middle of the water closet

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایك (ig), from Old Anatolian Turkish ایك (ig), from Proto-Turkic *īg. Compare Chuvash йӑх (jăh).

iğ (definite accusative iği, plural iğler)(dialectal)

1. (Konya) illness

   Synonym: hastalık

• “iğ”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “iğ”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Eren, Hasan (1999) “iğ”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi
• “iğ”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “iğ”, in Nişanyan Sözlük