yengə

== Azerbaijani == === Etymology === From Proto-Turkic *yeŋe (“elder brother's wife”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yengä, “older male relative's wife”); Turkish yenge (“wife of one's brother or uncle”), or, dialectally, "a woman that guides the bride on her wedding night", Crimean Tatar yeñge, Kazakh жеңге (jeñge), Kyrgyz жеңе (jeŋe), Southern Altai јеҥе (ǰeŋe), Uyghur يەڭگە (yengge), Yakut саҥас (saŋas, “older male relative's wife”) Bashkir еңгә (yeñgə, “the wife of one's elder brother”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [jeŋˈɟæ] Hyphenation: yen‧gə === Noun === yengə (definite accusative yengəni, plural yengələr) A woman who guides the bride and prepares her for the nuptial night, follows her to the bridegroom's house, and, upon the consummation of marriage, brings the sheets covered with blood stains back to the parents' house as a token of the bride's virginity; sometimes also functions as a matchmaker. yengə getmək ― to do the duties of a yengə oğlan yengəsi ― a yengə from the bridegroom's side qız yengəsi ― a yengə from the bride's side Yengəsiz toy toy deyil. ― A wedding without a yengə is no wedding. (dialectal, otherwise archaic) wife of one's brother or brother-in-law ==== Usage notes ==== ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== yengəlik ==== Descendants ==== → Talysh: yengə === References === Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “yengə”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 4, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 578 == Talysh == === Etymology === From Azerbaijani yengə. === Noun === yengə (Cyrillic јенҝә) A woman who guides the bride on her wedding night. === References === Pirejko, L. A. (1976), “јенҝә”, in Талышско-русский словарь [Talysh–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 115