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iğ

Pronunciation: /iː/

“iğ” is a Turkish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. spindle
  2. spindle, axel, shaft
  3. axis of the car arrow
  4. the iron axis located in the middle of the millstone and passing to the upper stone above
  5. freckle-like spots on fruits
  6. thick wooden axle in the middle of the water closet
  7. illness

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایك (iğ, “spindle”), from Old Anatolian Turkish یك (yig), from Proto-Turkic *iyik. Cognate with Chuvash йӗке (jĕk̬e), Kyrgyz ийик (iyik), Turkmen ik, Azerbaijani iy, Gagauz ii etc.

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