gəlin

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic ҝәлин
Roman gəlin
Perso-Arabic گلین

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *gẹlin (bride, daughter-in-law)[1]. Probably a derivation from Proto-Turkic *gẹl- (to come), whence also Azerbaijani gəlmək. The etymology is probably based on the fact that a daughter-in-law used to be a newcomer in her husband's extended household[2]. Starostin et al. reject the seemingly obvious relation between the two roots in favor of the form *kele reconstructed for the largely discredited Proto-Altaic[3]. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰠𐰤 (kelin /kl²n²/, daughter-in-law)[4], Turkish gelin (daughter-in-law), Gagauz gelin (bride), Bashkir килен (kilen, bride, young wife), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡæˈlin]
  • Hyphenation: gə‧lin

Noun

gəlin (definite accusative gəlini, plural gəlinlər)

  1. daughter-in-law
    Antonyms: qayınata (father-in-law), qayınana (mother-in-law)
  2. bride
    Antonym: bəy (bridegroom)
Declension

Coordinate terms

  • (daughter-in-law): kürəkən (son-in-law), yeznə (son-in-law)
  • (bride): bəy (groom)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡælin]
  • Hyphenation: gə‧lin

Verb

gəlin

  1. positive degree imperative second-person plural of gəlmək

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *gẹlin”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20) (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1700
  3. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *kele”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. Abuseitova, M. Kh; Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), 𐰚𐰠𐰤”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
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