esen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• esien, eisen, aisen

Etymology

From Old French aaisier, aesier (“to ease”) (cf. eise (“ease”)). Compare obsolete French aiser (“to get comfortable”).

Verb

esen (third-person singular simple present eseth, present participle esende, esynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle esed)

1. to comfort (provide comfort, make comfortable)
2. to accommodate (a guest)
   • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 28–29:

     The chambres and the stables weren wyde, / And wel we weren esed atte beste;

     The rooms and stables spacious were and wide, / And well we there were accommodated, and of the best.

3. to ease (relieve from pain, anxiety, a burden, etc.)

Descendants

• English: ease
• Scots: ease

References

• “ēsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اسن (esen, “healthy, well, sound”), from Common Turkic *esen.

Cognate with Old Uyghur (esän, “healthy”); Tatar исән (isän, “healthy”), Bashkir иҫән (iśən, “safe, sound”), Kyrgyz эсен (esen, “safe, sound”), Kumyk эсен (esen, “safe, sound”), Southern Altai эзен (ezen, “healthy”), Khakas изен (izen, “healthy”), Uzbek eson (“healthy”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈsɛn/
• Hyphenation: e‧sen

Adjective

esen

1. healthy, sound

   Synonym: sağ

Derived terms

• esenlik
• esenleşmek