честе

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yeŕne. Cognate to Khakas чисте (çiste), Shor честе, Tuvan честе (çeste), etc.

Noun

честе • (česte)

  1. brother-in-law (the husband of one’s sister or sister-in-law)

References

  • L. M. Tukmačev, editor (1995), “честе”, in Kumandinsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Kumandy-Russian Dictionary], Biysk: Kandidat filologičeskix nauk, Izdatelʹstvo bijskij kotelʹščik, →ISBN, page 120
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