Where does “karı koca” come from?

karı koca (Turkish) comes from Turkish karı, from Ottoman Turkish قاری, from Old Anatolian Turkish قَرِی, from Proto-Turkic *karï.

karı koca (Turkish): husband and wife, couple

Definitions

  1. husband and wife, couple

Ancestry of “karı koca”, step by step

karı koca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish karı

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkarıwife; trull; accusative singular of kar
2Ottoman Turkishقاریwife; woman
3Old Anatolian Turkishقَرِی—
4Proto-Turkic*karï—

via Turkish koca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkocalarge; husband; second-person singular imperative...
2Turkishkocamakto age
Every word from Proto-Turkic *karï →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قَرِی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قاری →
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