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yenge.

aunt-in-law; one's brother's wife

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈjeɲˌɟe//jeɲˈɟe/vocative
  1. aunt-in-law; one's brother's wife

    Oğlum, o senin yengen, yengen!
  2. a respectful term of address for elderly women

  3. female significant other of one's friend

    informal
    Kardeşliğin ilk kuralı: yengenize yürümek yok.
    Yengenizi aldatırken yakalarsanız hemen kankanıza söylüyorsunuz, sonrasında ne bok olacağı fark etmez.
  4. an elderly woman who guides and assists the bride, especially during wedding rituals, roughly comparable to a bridesmaid

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ینكه, from Proto-Turkic *yeŋe (“elder brother's wife”). See Bashkir еңгә (yeñgä) for more cognates.

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