eşek
Crimean Tatar
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek (“donkey”).
Noun
editeşek
Declension
editDerived terms
editReferences
editSalar
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek (“donkey”).
Noun
editeşek
- 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
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editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish اشك (eşek, “donkey, ass; a silly, stupid, perverse man”), from Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek (“donkey”).[1] Related to Proto-Mongolic *elǰigen (“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”), and Russian ишак (išak, “donkey”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editeşek (definite accusative eşeği, plural eşekler)
- (zoology) donkey, ass
- 1981, “Arkadaşım Eşşek [My Friend Donkey]”, in Sözüm Meclisten Dışarı, performed by Barış Manço:
- Uzun kulaklarını son bir kez salla / Tüm eski dostlarımdan bir haber yolla / Ayrılık geldi başa, katlanmak gerek / Seni çok çok özledim arkadaşım eşek
- Shake your long ears one last time / Send me some news from all my old friends / Separation is upon us, I must bear it / I miss you so, so much, my friend donkey
- ass, donkey, nitwit (dimwitted person)
Declension
editInflection | ||
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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
editRelated terms
edit- (unclear) 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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek (“donkey”).
Noun
editeşek (definite accusative eşegi, plural eşekler)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “eşek” in Webonary.org
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