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Where does “ergenlik” come from?

ergenlik (Turkish) comes from Turkish ergen, from Ottoman Turkish اركن, from Old Anatolian Turkish اَرْكَنْ, from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄rken, from Proto-Turkic ẹŕ-.

ergenlik (Turkish): adolescence; state of being an adolescent

Definitions

  1. adolescence; state of being an adolescent

Ancestry of “ergenlik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishergenadolescent
2Ottoman Turkishاركن—
3Old Anatolian Turkishاَرْكَنْ—
4Proto-Turkic*ẹ̄rken—
5Proto-Turkicẹŕ-—
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