yenlik

Turkish

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish yeğni, dialectal yenli, yengil.

Adjective

yenlik

1. lightweight (dialect, Sakarya, Samsun, Ordu, Giresun, Trabzon, Rize)

References

• “yenlik”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982