erkək

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ẹrkek ~ *hẹrkek (“male”).[1] Cognate with Turkish erkek.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

erkək

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

Descendants

  • → Lezgi: эркек (èrkek)

References

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

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