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Where does “قیزقارداش” come from?

قیزقارداش (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قیز, from Old Anatolian Turkish قِزْ, from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ — girl; woman; ? red, dark thing.

قیزقارداش (Ottoman Turkish): sister

Definitions

  1. sister

Ancestry of “قیزقارداش”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقیزgirl; daughter; queen in card games
2Old Anatolian Turkishقِزْ—
3Proto-Turkickï̄ŕgirl; woman; ? red, dark thing
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