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

Definitions

  1. fold

Ancestry of “ağıl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآغلfold
2Proto-Turkicāɣïlfold; village; a group of yurts
3Proto-Turkicāɣ-to enclose
Every word from Proto-Turkic āɣ- →Every word from Proto-Turkic āɣïl →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آغل →