Karakhanid edit

Alternative forms edit

  • اَزَقْ (azaq) (in the language of the Bulghar, Kipchak, Yemek and Suwar)
  • اَيَقْ (ayaq) (in the language of the Oghuz, Kipchak, Yaghma, Yabaqu and Tatars)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *adak. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰑𐰴 (adaq), Chuvash ура (ura), Turkish ayak (leg, foot), Uzbek oyoq, Bashkir аҙаҡ (aźaq), аяҡ (ayaq) and Yakut атак (atak).

Noun edit

اَذَقْ (aδaq)

  1. (anatomy) leg, foot
    اَغٖيرْ اَذاقْ اَمْرُلْدٖىAğï̄r aδāq amruldï̄.The heavy foot has come to rest.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aḏak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 45

Further reading edit