Where does “dayılık” come from?
dayılık (Turkish) comes from Turkish dayı, from Ottoman Turkish دایی, from Persian دایی — maternal uncle.
dayılık (Turkish): unclehood
Ancestry of “dayılık”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | dayı | maternal uncle, one's mother's brother; dey;... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | دایی | — |
| 3 | Persian | دایی | maternal uncle |