اركن

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Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄rken (“early”), a derivation from *ẹ̄r- (“to be”).[1][2]

Alternative forms

Adjective

اِرْكَنْ (erkän)

  1. early

Adverb

اِرْكَنْ (erkän)

  1. early
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: erkən
  • Gagauz: erken
  • Ottoman Turkish: اركن (erken)

Further reading

  • XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977, page 257
  • Boeschoten, Hendrik (2022) A Dictionary of Early Middle Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.169), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 58
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “erken2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1471

Etymology 2

Proto-Turkic *erŋgen (“celibate, unmarried, single”),[3] further etymology uncertain; may be a derivation from the root *ēr (“man”), another explanation suggests a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄r-,[4] or possibly a contraction of *eringen, from the verb *erin- (“to be lazy”). Cognate with Karakhanid ارنكان (erŋgen).

Noun

اَرْكَنْ (ärgän)

  1. bachelor, celibate man
Descendants

Further reading

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ergen1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1464
  • Boeschoten, Hendrik (2022) “ärgän”, in A Dictionary of Early Middle Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.169), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 59
  • “ergen”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977, page 259

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “erken”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “erken”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 224
  3. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “erŋe:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 235
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ergen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Old Anatolian Turkish اَرْكَنْ (erkän), Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄rken (“early”), a derivation from *ẹ̄r (“early”) and thus related to ایرته (erte, “tomorrow”). Cognate with Azerbaijani erkən and Turkmen irki.

Adjective

اركن • (erken)

  1. early, premature, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
    Synonyms: باكر (bakir), زود (zud)

Adverb

اركن • (erken)

  1. early, betimes, at a time before expected, sooner than usual or expected
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اَرْكَنْ (ärgän), from Proto-Turkic *erŋgen (“celibate, unmarried, single”),[1] either a derivation from the root *ēr (“man”), or possibly a contraction of *eringen, from the verb *erin- (“to be lazy”). Cognate with Karakhanid ارنكان (erŋgen).

Adjective

اركن • (ergen)

  1. (of a man) celibate, unmarried, single, unwed, having no wife
    Synonyms: بكار (bekâr), عزب (ʼazeb), مجرد (mücerred)
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “erŋe:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 235

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