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Where does “İlknur” come from?

İlknur (Turkish) comes from Turkish ilk, from Turkish göz, from Turkish ağrı, from Turkish -ı, from Ottoman Turkish ـی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣 — -y, -ic.

Ancestry of “İlknur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishilkfirst; pristine; first, firstly
2Turkishgözeye; cell, compartment
3Turkishağrıpain, ache
4Turkish-ıaccusative suffix; 3rd person singular possessive...
5Ottoman Turkishـی—
6PersianـیForms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms...
7Middle Persian-yk'—
8Old Persian-𐎡𐎣—
9Proto-Indo-Iranian-kasCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
10Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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