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Azerbaijani
Etymology
Derived from Middle Mongol ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ (nökür, “friend”) or Middle Mongol (nūkǝr, “friend”), whence also Modern Mongolian нөхөр (nöxör, “friend”). Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *nökör.[1] Cognate with dialectal Turkish nöker. Compare Persian نوکر (nokar), Armenian նոքար (nokʻar), Georgian ნოქარი (nokari), Turkic borrowings.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): ,
- Hyphenation: nö‧kər
Noun
nökər (definite accusative nökəri, plural nökərlər)
- servant
- Synonyms: qulluqçu, xidmətçi
- Antonym: ağa
Pul yaxşı nökərdir, pis ağa.- Money is a good servant, but a bad master.
Bəylərin çoxlu mülkü, nökərləri, var-dövləti olurmuş.- Noblemen would have lots of estates, servants, wealth.
Declension
References
Further reading
- Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, pages 354–355