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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek (“donkey”).
Noun
eşek
- (zoology) donkey
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Salar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek (“donkey”).
Noun
eşek
- 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
Etymology
From 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 (eşgek, “donkey”) may be derived from Old Turkic (eş-, “to walk, trot”) (for which see eşmek).[3]
Cognate with Old Uyghur (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
- IPA(key): /eˈʃek/, (emphasized) /eʃˈʃek/
- Hyphenation: e‧şek
Noun
eşek (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
Derived terms
- (unclear) eşmek (“to trot”)
References
- ^ 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
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek (“donkey”).
Noun
eşek (definite accusative eşegi, plural eşekler)
- donkey
Declension
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