𐰃𐰼𐰚𐰚

erkäk

Meaning:
male
Details:
Erdal (1991) suggests a derivation from erk (“young ram”) with the diminutive suffix -aq; compare oglak (‘kid’), the diminutive of ogul (‘child’), as an example of a reverse semantic shift.
Synonyms:
𐰼 [är]
Antonyms:
𐰴𐰃𐰔 | 𐰶𐰃𐰕 [qïz]

In modern languages

Select a region to see the cognate.
Language Cognate
Turkmen erkek
Turkish (Azerbaijan) erkək
Turkish (Türkiye) erkek
Salar erkik
Gagauz erkek
Crimean erkek
Uyghur erkek
Uzbek erkak
Kazakh erkek
Nogai -
Siberian Tatar -
Kyrgyz erkek
Altai erkek
Alan -
Kumyk -
Tatar irkäk
Bashkir irkäk
Tıva irgek
Khakas -
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) irgex
Khalaj -
Chuvash -

Examples

Irıq Bitig
2

Translations

German:
Mann, männlich
Russian:
муж, мужчина, мужской
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
erkək
Turkish (Türkiye):
erkek
Turkmen:
erkek
  • Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish p. 223-224
    érkek
  • Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation‎ p. 41
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  • M Räsänen (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen p. 46
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  • Sergei Starostin (2003) Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages
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