daşşaq
Azerbaijani
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom daşaq: the gemination of the intervocalic /ş/ is probably due to emphasis. Similar process can be observed in aşağı, often pronounced /aşşağı/ in both Azerbaijani and other Turkic varieties.[1]
Two possibilities exist regarding the ultimate origin:
- A dimunitive of Proto-Turkic *tiāĺ (“stone”), i.e. 'little stone' or otherwise related to the sense 'stone'; see Azerbaijani daş.
- A derivation of Proto-Turkic *taĺ (“outer side, exterior”), i.e. 'that which hangs outside (of the body)'; see Azerbaijani dış (“exterior”), dışarı (“outside”), daşmaq (“to overflow, to boil over”) and daşımaq (“to carry”), compare also Turkish taşınmak (“to move”).
Cognate with Turkish taşak, Crimean Tatar taşaq, Karachay-Balkar ташакъ (taşaq), Kipchak طشاق.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdaşşaq (definite accusative daşşağı, plural daşşaqlar)
Declension
editDeclension of daşşaq | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | daşşaq |
daşşaqlar | ||||||
definite accusative | daşşağı |
daşşaqları | ||||||
dative | daşşağa |
daşşaqlara | ||||||
locative | daşşaqda |
daşşaqlarda | ||||||
ablative | daşşaqdan |
daşşaqlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | daşşağın |
daşşaqların |
References
edit- ^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 214