Ottoman Turkish

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ایكلر

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *iyik (spindle);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani iy, Chuvash йӗке (jĕk̬e), Kyrgyz ийик (iyik), Southern Altai ийик (iyik), Turkmen ik, Uyghur يىك (yik) and Uzbek yig.

Noun

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ایك ()

  1. spindle, a rod used for spinning and then winding fibres, especially wool
    Synonyms: دوك (dük), مغزل (miğzel)
  2. spindle, axle, shaft, a rod which turns, or on which something turns

Derived terms

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  • ایك طاشی (iğ taşı, millstone which revolves with the axis)
  • ایكجی (iğci, maker or seller of spindles)
  • ایكلو (iğli, furnished with a spindle)

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ijik”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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