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