yen.
sleeve (part of a garment that covers the arm)
Meaning & usage
sleeve (part of a garment that covers the arm)
Kısa yenli bir gömlek.
a flower petal, often colored, that forms a covering over the flowers in plant families such as the Asteraceae, Banana, etc.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یك (yeñ, “sleeve”), from Old Anatolian Turkish یك (yẹŋ), from Proto-Turkic *yẹŋ (“sleeve”). Cognates Azerbaijani yen Bashkir ең (yeñ) Chuvash ҫанӑ (śană) Crimean Tatar yeñ, енъ (yeñ) Gagauz en Karachay-Balkar женг (jeñ), дженг (ceñ) Karaim йин Karakhanid یَنكْ (yeŋ) Kazakh жең (jeŋ) Khakas нің (nìñ) Kumyk енг (yeñ) Kyrgyz жен (jen) Salar yiñ Southern Altai јеҥ (ǰeŋ), дженг (dženg) Tatar җиң (ciñ), ciñ Turkmen ýeň Tuvan чең (çeñ) Uyghur يەڭ (yeng) Uzbek yeng Yakut сиэх (siex)
yen (Japanese currency)
Where this word comes from
From Japanese 円.
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