Where does “bacı-qardaş” come from?

bacı-qardaş (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani qardaş, from Old Anatolian Turkish قرداش.

bacı-qardaş (Azerbaijani): siblings of different sex, brother and sister

Definitions

  1. siblings of different sex, brother and sister

Ancestry of “bacı-qardaş”, step by step

bacı-qardaş traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Azerbaijani qardaş

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniqardaşsibling; brother
2Old Anatolian Turkishقرداش—

via Azerbaijani bacı

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanibacısister
2Proto-Turkicbāčaelder sister; husbands of sisters; elder sister;...
Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قرداش →Every word from Azerbaijani qardaş →