Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *jeŋe ‎(“elder brother's wife”).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] ‎(yengä, “older male relative's wife”); Kazakh жеңге ‎(jeñge), Kyrgyz жеңе ‎(ceñe), Uyghur يەڭگە ‎(yengge), Yakut саҥас ‎(saŋas, “older male relative's wife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɪ̞ŋˈgæ]
• Hyphenation: ең‧гә