ابلا

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *apa (mother, elder sister, aunt).

Noun[edit]

ابلا (abla)

  1. sister
  2. older sister
  3. (informal) woman
  4. (informal) wife

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: abla, aba
  • Greek: αμπλά (amplá)
  • Gulf Arabic: ابلة (abḷa)
  • Hijazi Arabic: أبلة (ʔabla)

References[edit]

  • Budagov, Lazarʹ (1869) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ turecko-tatarskix narěčij [Comparative Dictionary of Turko-Tatar Dialects] (in Russian), volume I, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 5