emlik

Turkish edit

Syncopic form of emilik, from *emi (“udder”) +‎ -lik․ Compare Old Turkic 𐰢𐰃𐰏 (emig, “udder”). Cognate with Azerbaijani əmlik (“suckling lamb”).

emlik (definite accusative emliği, plural emlikler)

(dialectal) suckling infant
(dialectal) a postmature lamb or kid
(dialectal, Isparta, Denizli, Eskişehir, Kastamonu, Samsun, Amasya, Tokat, Tunceli, Malatya, Maraş, Gaziantep, Hatay, Sivas, Ankara, Kayseri, Niğde, Konya, İçel) suckling animal offspring, suckling young
(dialectal, Çorum, Malatya, Sivas, Maraş, Konya) newborn lamb or kid
(dialectal, Hatay, Adana, İçel) newborn lamb
(dialectal, Isparta, Çankırı) a lamb whose ewe died
(dialectal, Maraş) she-goats' first offsprings
(dialectal, Afyonkarahisar, Çankırı, Erzincan, Ankara, Sivas) a premature lamb
(dialectal, Konya) lambs and kids whose ewes and she-goats aren't milked for offsprings to be fed well
(dialectal, Konya) a ewe that's lambed a postmature offspring
(dialectal, Sivas) a lamb born in summer
(dialectal, Antalya) ovicaprids that are specially fed
(dialectal, Antalya) milch ovicaprids earning a family livelihood
(dialectal, Afyonkarahisar) a lamb or a kid
(dialectal, Çorum) the white fleshy part on the inside of the sappy pine bark that is peeled and sucked for medicinal purposes

“emlik”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982