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Where does “yeni” come from?

yeni (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یڭی, from Proto-Turkic yaŋï — new.

yeni (Turkish): new; recent

Definitions

  1. new; recent

Ancestry of “yeni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیڭیnew; modern, new
2Proto-Turkicyaŋïnew

Words derived from “yeni”

  • janissary
  • yeniçeri
  • yenilik
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