yeğen
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Turkic *yegin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edityeğen
Usage notes
editThere is no distinction between nephew and niece in Turkish.
Gender is specifically indicated if a distinction is necessary; erkek yeğen (literally “boy/man nibling”) means “nephew” and kız yeğen (literally “girl nibling”) means “niece”.
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “yeğen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yeğen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “yeğen”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı