elder sister · term of address for an older female person
çekim: çoğul ئاچىلار · tamlayan ئاچىنىڭ
köken: From Proto-Turkic *ăča / *ĕče "mother; elder sister; older woman". Compare with Kyrgyz эже (eje, “elder sister; a way to address an older woman”), Southern Altai эје (eǰe, “elder sister; a way to address an older woman”), Uzbek ocha (“grandmother”),
one's big / elder sister · younger sister of the speaker's father or mother · a woman older than the speaker but younger than the speaker's parents, in relation to the speaker
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European *su-h₁ésh₂-ōr? Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *-sōr ? Proto-Indo-European *swésōr Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō Proto-Slavic *sesra Proto-Slavic *sestra Old Slovak sestra Slovak sestra Inherited from Old Slovak sestra, from Proto-Slavic *sestra.