кәләш

Bashkir

Etymology

Should be linked to the verb *keleš- (to do matchmaking) (as attested in Kumyk, Karaim) and *keleči (matchmaker) (as attested in Kumyk, Karachay-Balkar).

If so, unrelated to Proto-Turkic *gel- (to come).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kæˈlæʃ]
  • Hyphenation: кә‧ләш

Noun

кәләш (käläš)

  1. bride
  2. wife (in the early years of marriage)

Declension

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