Where does “dayılık” come from?

dayılık (Turkish) comes from Turkish dayı, from Ottoman Turkish دایی, from Persian دایی — maternal uncle.

dayılık (Turkish): unclehood

Definitions

  1. unclehood

Ancestry of “dayılık”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdayımaternal uncle, one's mother's brother; dey;...
2Ottoman Turkishداییmaternal uncle, the brother of one's mother, thus a second-degree relative
3Persianداییmaternal uncle
Every word from Persian دایی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish دایی →Every word from Turkish dayı →