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Noun

eşek

1. (zoology) donkey

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اشك ‎(eşek, “donkey, ass; a silly, stupid, perverse man”), from Proto-Turkic *eĺgek ‎(“donkey”).^[1] Related to Proto-Mongolic *elǯigen ‎(“donkey”), hence Mongolian илжиг ‎(ilžig, “donkey”), perhaps from a common source or a result of language contact.^[2] Nişanyan thinks Old Turkic [script needed] ‎(eşgek, “donkey”) may be derived from Old Turkic [script needed] ‎(eş-, “to walk, trot”) (for which see eşmek).^[3]

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] ‎(eşgek, “donkey”), Azeri eşşək ‎(“donkey”), Bashkir ишәк ‎(išäk, “donkey”), Chuvash ашак ‎(ašak, “donkey”), Karachay-Balkar, Kyrgyz эшек ‎(eşek, “donkey”), Turkmen eşek ‎(“donkey”), Uzbek eshak ‎(“donkey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eʃec]

Noun

eşek ‎(definite accusative eşeği, plural eşekler)

1. (zoology) donkey
2. ass, donkey, nitwit

Related terms

• (?) eşmek ‎(“to trot”)

Declension

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ 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
2. ↑ 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
3. ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2016-01-05), “eşek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Turkmen

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *eĺgek ‎(“donkey”).

Noun

eşek ‎(definite accusative eşegi, plural eşekler)

1. donkey

Declension