اجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *eke (“elder sister”); cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (eke), Chuvash акка (akka), Kyrgyz эже (eje), Southern Altai эје (eǰe) and Turkmen eje.

Noun

اجی • (eci)

1. older sister
2. grandmother

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “eci”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “eci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1357
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ece”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.d͡ʒiː/

Interjection

اَجی • (ajī) (Hindi spelling अजी)

1. excuse me, look; used to get one's attention