Where does “ağıl” come from?
ağıl (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آغل, from Proto-Turkic āɣïl, from Proto-Turkic āɣ- — to enclose.
ağıl (Turkish): fold
Ancestry of “ağıl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | آغل | fold |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | āɣïl | fold; village; a group of yurts |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | āɣ- | to enclose |