Where does “kadınlık” come from?
kadınlık (Turkish) comes from Turkish kadın, from Ottoman Turkish قادین, from Common Turkic xātun, from Sogdian γwtʾynh — queen.
kadınlık (Turkish): womanhood
Ancestry of “kadınlık”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | kadın | woman |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قادین | — |
| 3 | Common Turkic | xātun | queen, lady |
| 4 | Sogdian | γwtʾynh | queen |