Where does “kocakarı” come from?

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

kocakarı (Turkish): old woman

Definitions

  1. old woman

Ancestry of “kocakarı”, step by step

kocakarı 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 →