eşek
Crimean Tatar[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek (“donkey”).
Noun[edit]
eşek
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
Salar[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek (“donkey”).
Noun[edit]
eşek
- donkey
- <Eşekni Ardınca Miniş> Afanti eşegini ardınca minep bazarda yürbar,Bir hobun balalar anıñ ardında ireşip sormış:--Afanti dada,sen nege eşeğiñni Ardınca minbür?Afanti yüre yüre demiş:--Men eşeğimni ilince minse,meniñ arqam selerge çevribür,Beyleki volsa selerni men kişi gör yoqdur;Eli,seler meniñ ilimde volsa,selerniñ arqañ maña çevribür,beyleki gelse seler meni kişi gör yoqdur. ― "Riding a Donkey Backwards" Avanti was riding a donkey backwards the street, and a group of children followed him and asked strangely: "Uncle Avanti, why are you riding a donkey backwards?" Avanti replied as he walked: "If I am riding a donkey, my back is facing you, which is disrespectful to you; if you run to my front, your back is pointed at me, which is right. I don't respect it anymore.
Turkish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- eşşek (misspelling)
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish اشك (eşek, “donkey, ass; a silly, stupid, perverse man”), from Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek (“donkey”).[1] Related to Proto-Mongolic *eljigen (“donkey”), whence Mongolian илжиг (ilžig, “donkey”), perhaps from a common source or a result of language contact.[2] Nişanyan thinks Old Turkic [script needed] (eşgek, “donkey”) may be derived from Old Turkic [script needed] (eş-, “to walk, trot”) (for which see eşmek).[3]
Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (eşgek, “donkey”), Azerbaijani eşşək (“donkey”), Bashkir ишәк (işək, “donkey”), Kazakh есек (esek), Chuvash ашак (aš̬ak, “donkey”), Kyrgyz эшек (eşek, “donkey”), Turkmen eşek (“donkey”), Uzbek eshak (“donkey”), Russian ишак (išak, “donkey”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
eşek (definite accusative eşeği, plural eşekler)
Declension[edit]
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | eşek | |
Definite accusative | eşeği | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | eşek | eşekler |
Definite accusative | eşeği | eşekleri |
Dative | eşeğe | eşeklere |
Locative | eşekte | eşeklerde |
Ablative | eşekten | eşeklerden |
Genitive | eşeğin | eşeklerin |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- (?) eşmek (“to trot”)
References[edit]
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*eĺgek”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ĕĺǯu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2016-01-05) “eşek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Turkmen[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek (“donkey”).
Noun[edit]
eşek (definite accusative eşegi, plural eşekler)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “eşek” in Webonary.org
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