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abla.

older sister

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun[ɑbɫɑ]

  1. older sister

    Şimdilik ablamın evinde kalıyorum.

  2. term of address for a woman, younger than teyze (“auntie”)

    İndirim yapmaz mısın be abla? Öğrenciyiz de.

  3. brothel mistress, whorehouse madam

    slang
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish ابلا (abla, “elder sister”), most likely from earlier *appa, from Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”). Compare ebe (“aunt, midwife”).

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