qayın

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kādïn (relative-in-law), whence also qayınana (mother-in-law) and qayınata (father-in-law). Compare Turkish kayın (in law), Tatar каенага (qayenağa, older brother of one's wife), and каенэне (qayenene, younger brother of one's wife).

Noun

qayın (definite accusative qayınnu, plural qayınlar)

  1. brother-in-law or sister-in-law
    Synonym: yeznə

Declension


Tatar

Noun

qayın

  1. relative in-law