See also: erkak

Azerbaijani edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ẹr-kek.[1] Cognate with Turkish erkek.

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

erkək

  1. male (animal of masculine sex)
    Antonym: dişi

Descendants edit

  • Lezgi: эркек (èrkek)

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ẹr-kek”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading edit