Where does “karılı” come from?

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

karılı (Turkish): who has a wife

Definitions

  1. who has a wife

Ancestry of “karılı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkarıwife; trull; accusative singular of kar
2Ottoman Turkishقاریwife; woman
3Old Anatolian Turkishقَرِی—
4Proto-Turkic*karï—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *karï →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قَرِی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قاری →
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