yengə
Azerbaijani edit
Cyrillic | јенҝә | |
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Abjad | یئنگه |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *yeŋe (“elder brother's wife”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yengä, “older male relative's wife”); Turkish yenge (“wife of one's brother or uncle”), or, dialectally, "a woman that guides the bride on her wedding night", Crimean Tatar yeñge, Kazakh жеңге (jeñge), Kyrgyz жеңе (jeŋe), Southern Altai јеҥе (ǰeŋe), Uyghur يەڭگە (yengge), Yakut саҥас (sañas, “older male relative's wife”) Bashkir еңгә (yeñgə, “the wife of one's elder brother”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yengə (definite accusative yengəni, plural yengələr)
- A woman who guides the bride and prepares her for the nuptial night, follows her to the bridegroom's house, and, upon the consummation of marriage, brings the sheets covered with blood stains back to the parents' house as a token of the bride's virginity; sometimes also functions as a matchmaker.
- yengə getmək ― to do the duties of a yengə
- oğlan yengəsi ― a yengə from the bridegroom's side
- qız yengəsi ― a yengə from the bride's side
- Yengəsiz toy toy deyil. ― A wedding without a yengə is no wedding.
- (dialectal, otherwise archaic) wife of one's brother or brother-in-law [nt. 1]
Usage notes edit
Declension edit
Declension of yengə | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | yengə |
yengələr | ||||||
definite accusative | yengəni |
yengələri | ||||||
dative | yengəyə |
yengələrə | ||||||
locative | yengədə |
yengələrdə | ||||||
ablative | yengədən |
yengələrdən | ||||||
definite genitive | yengənin |
yengələrin |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Talysh: yengə
References edit
- Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “yengə”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), volume III, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 578
Talysh edit
Etymology edit
From Azerbaijani yengə.
Noun edit
yengə (Cyrillic јенҝә)
- A woman who guides the bride on her wedding night.
References edit
- Pirejko, L. A. (1976) “јенҝә”, in Talyšsko-russkij slovarʹ [Talysh–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 115