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iğ.

spindle

2 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/iː//iɣ/dialectal

  1. spindle

    iği çevirmek

  2. ellipsis of iğ iplik

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis

  3. spindle, axel, shaft

  4. axis of the car arrow

    dialectal

  5. the iron axis located in the middle of the millstone and passing to the upper stone above

    Isparta · Konya · Muğla · Niğde

  6. freckle-like spots on fruits

  7. thick wooden axle in the middle of the water closet

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایك (iğ, “spindle”), from Old Anatolian Turkish یك (yig), from Proto-Turkic *iyik. Cognate with Chuvash йӗке (jĕk̬e), Kyrgyz ийик (iyik), Turkmen ik, Azerbaijani iy, Gagauz ii etc.

noun/iː//iɣ/dialectal

  1. illness

    Konya · dialectal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایك (ig), from Old Anatolian Turkish ایك (ig), from Proto-Turkic *īg. Compare Chuvash йӑх (jăh).

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