yenge
See also: yeŋge
Middle English
editAdjective
edityenge
- Alternative form of yong
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Turkic *yeŋe (“elder brother's wife”). See Bashkir еңгә (yeñgə) for more cognates.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edityenge (definite accusative yengeyi, plural yengeler)
- aunt-in-law; one's brother's wife
- Oğlum, o senin yengen, yengen!
- My son, that's your aunt, your aunt!
- (vocative) term of address for women
- (informal) female significant other of one's friend
- Kardeşliğin ilk kuralı: yengenize yürümek yok.
- The first rule of the bro code is you do not hit upon your bro's girl.
- Yengenizi aldatırken yakalarsanız hemen kankanıza söylüyorsunuz, sonrasında ne bok olacağı fark etmez.
- If you catch your bro's girl cheating you immediately tell your bro regardless of any possible shitstorm that may arise.
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “yenge”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yenge”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “yenge”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yenge”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5161
Western Arrernte
editPronunciation
editPronoun
edityenge
- I (ergative?)
Related terms
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- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English adjectives
- Turkish terms inherited from Proto-Turkic
- Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- Turkish terms with usage examples
- Turkish informal terms
- tr:Female family members
- tr:Female people
- Western Arrernte terms with IPA pronunciation
- Western Arrernte lemmas
- Western Arrernte pronouns